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The Paycheck Fairness Act
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March 3, 2010
Forty-five years ago, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act (EPA) into law, making it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who perform substantially equal work. At the time of the EPA?s passage in 1963, women earned merely 59 cents to every dollar earned by men. Although enforcement of the EPA as well as other civil rights laws has helped to narrow the wage gap, significant disparities remain and need to be addressed. Today, women make, on average, only 78 cents for every dollar earned by men.
Download the March 2010 Issue of the CWA News!
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March 2, 2010
The March 2010 version of The CWA News is available for download in full-color PDF. You can also view the articles here.
Alcatel-Lucent: March Lifeworks Promotions
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March 1, 2010
Please see the message below from Alcatel-Lucent regarding the Lifeworks Promotions that will be available during the month of March to employees.
"Shame on Whirlpool" Union Fights to Keep 1,100 Jobs in the U.S.
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March 1, 2010
The "Shame on Whirlpool" campaign is going strong, with CWA, IUE-CWA and AFL-CIO activists pressing the company not to close its Evansville, Ind., refrigerator plant and move those jobs to Mexico.
CWA "Green" Grant Provides Job Training for Ohio Workers
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March 1, 2010
CWA is working to help laid-off workers in Ohio train for clean, "green" energy and manufacturing jobs through a new federal government grant.