Equal Pay is a Racial Justice Issue
…comprise nearly one-in-five frontline workers. According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Black moms are: 4 percent of grocery workers; 2 percent of public transportation workers; 21 percent…
Good News: Philadelphia is the Latest City to Rally Behind Equal Pay
…support of the ordinance. “The research makes that clear. Without the protection Philadelphia’s new ordinance provides, gender and racial wage disparities tend to increase throughout a worker’s lifetime.” “This ordinance…
Passage of The Equality Act in the U.S. House Highlights Need for LGBTQ+ Protections in PA
…and co-sponsors, including three openly gay members of the Pennsylvania Legislature, will re-introduce the Fairness Act in the near future. We strongly support this bill and will fight for its…
Today is, Once Again, Equal Pay Day
…than $10,000 a year compared to the average population, and research shows that 8% of women in same-sex couples live in poverty. Pay discrimination is intersectional oppression: Lesbian and bisexual…
Victory: PA Supreme Court Confirms Prostitution Not a Defense Against Rape
…Violence Against Women International, Equal Rights Advocates, Feminist Majority Foundation, Freedom Network USA, Gender Equality Law Center, Harvard Law School Gender Violence Program, Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE…
