ITHO: Equal Pay Day In Name Only

Can anyone believe that women are paid an average of only 60 cents for every $1 a man is paid for equal work? OK, that is the average for Idaho - not the most enlightened of states - so maybe it isn’t so hard to comprehend. But nationwide, women are making 78 cents for every $1 paid a man, according to 2007 figures, and that’s still nowhere near good enough. It’s also illegal, and has been since Congress passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963. But considering some recent actions on the equal pay front, maybe we shouldn’t be surprised the law is broken as commonly as it apparently is/ Jim Fisher , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

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Question: Have you worked in a place where you were certain that women didn’t get the same pay as men, despite doing the same work?