{"id":30575,"date":"2017-04-04T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30575"},"modified":"2017-04-04T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T19:49:01","slug":"did-you-know-that-today-was-equal-pay-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30575","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know That Today Was “Equal Pay Day?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Equal Pay Day<\/a> is a day invented by those who still believe that women are paid less than men.<\/p>\n

A website called nolo.com<\/a> reminds us:<\/p>\n

A federal law, the Equal Pay Act<\/a> (EPA), requires employers to pay men and women equally for doing the same work — equal pay for equal work<\/a>. The Equal Pay Act was passed in 1963 as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act<\/a> and can be found at 29 U.S.C. \u00a7 206. Although the Equal Pay Act protects both women and men from sex discrimination<\/a> in pay rates, it was passed to help rectify the wage disparity experienced by women workers, and in practice, this law has almost always been applied to situations where women are paid less than men for doing similar jobs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are a woman who believes you are being paid less than a man for equal work, you have legal recourse.<\/p>\n

Today The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n

The gender pay gap<\/a> in Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a>‘s (D., Mass.<\/a>) office is nearly 10 percent wider than the national average, meaning women in the Massachusetts Democrat’s office will have to wait longer than most women across the country to recognize Equal Pay Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last year, Senator Warren tweeted out the following:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Evidently, the rule of equal pay does not seem to apply to Democrats:<\/p>\n

“The game is rigged against women and families, and it has to stop,” Warren continued. “It is 2016, not 1916, and it’s long past time to eliminate gender discrimination in the workplace.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Historically, 1995 was the last year where the national pay gap was comparable to the 2016 gap in Warren’s office, according to data collected<\/a> by the group that founded Equal Pay Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Warren is far from the only politician who pays women less than men.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most notable on the list is failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton<\/a>, who paid women less than men first as a senator<\/a>, then as secretary of state<\/a>, and as a presidential candidate<\/a>. Her campaign viewed<\/a> her tendency to pay women less than men as a campaign vulnerability.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former President Barack Obama<\/a> regularly spoke out about the gender pay gap, but women working at the White House were paid less<\/a> than men.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also paying women less than men were Democratic Govs. Jon Bel Edwards (La.)<\/a>, who last month held an “equal pay summit,” and Andrew Cuomo (N.Y.)<\/a>, who has signed<\/a> two executive orders this year to eliminate the wage gap.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It seems odd to me that the political party that makes such a fuss over women’s issues accepts the fact that some of its leaders choose to ignore the law that say women should receive equal pay to their male counterparts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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