Support Fair Pay for Women

On average, women in the U.S still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men earn. And decades of earning lower wages result in lower Social Security benefits, retirement incomes and pensions -- leaving women with less money to retire on.



The Paycheck Fairness Act would amend the 47-year old Equal Pay Act to create stronger incentives for employers to follow the law, empower women to negotiate for equal pay and strengthen federal enforcement efforts.



Women are often silenced in the workplace, threatened with firing for discussing wages with fellow employees -- which makes it difficult to discover they're being discriminated against! The Paycheck Fairness Act can change that.



The Senate will vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act when they reconvene for a post-election session. Urge your Senator to support the Paycheck Fairness Act.

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I urge you to support the Paycheck Fairness Act, a comprehensive update of the 47-year-old Equal Pay Act that would create stronger incentives for employers to follow the law, empower women to negotiate for equal pay, and strengthen federal enforcement efforts. It will provide the tools the administration needs to enforce our laws that require equal pay for equal work.



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Without the Paycheck Fairness Act, women will continue to be silenced in the workplace and prohibited from asking about their employer's wages or talking about their own wages with coworkers without the fear of being fired. Don't silence women in the workplace any longer. It's time to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. I urge you to support the bill, including procedural votes, and defeat any amendments. As an American citizen, I am greatly disturbed by the fact that, on average, women are still being paid just 77 cents for every dollar men earn. This is wrong for women, and this is wrong for America.I urge you to support the Paycheck Fairness Act, a comprehensive update of the 47-year-old Equal Pay Act that would create stronger incentives for employers to follow the law, empower women to negotiate for equal pay, and strengthen federal enforcement efforts. It will provide the tools the administration needs to enforce our laws that require equal pay for equal work.[Your personal comments will be inserted here.]Without the Paycheck Fairness Act, women will continue to be silenced in the workplace and prohibited from asking about their employer's wages or talking about their own wages with coworkers without the fear of being fired. Don't silence women in the workplace any longer. It's time to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. I urge you to support the bill, including procedural votes, and defeat any amendments.