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Gender Wage Gap Narrows at Snails Pace, Despite Legislation

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 8th, 2008

Since the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, the gender wage gap has narrowed by less than half a cent per year. At this rate, women and men will have to wait another fifty years to earn equal wages.

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Congressman Dingell
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Women's Wages Less Than Men

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 8th, 2008

Women earn 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. Over the course of her career, the typical working woman loses almost a quarter of a million dollars in wages.

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Institute for Women’s Policy Research
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Professional Women Earn Less Than Male Counterparts

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 8th, 2008

Women with advanced degrees or careers in high-paying fields can earn less than $ 2 million over their working lives compared to similar male counterparts.

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AFL-CIO
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Companies Avoid U.S. Pay Standards, Outsourcing Jobs

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
October 6th, 2008

For every dollar an American manufacturing worker is paid, a worker in Mexico is paid 12 cents and one in Hong Kong makes just 24 cents.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Working Harder for Less Mocks the American Dream

By Tula Connell
September 16th, 2008

But the current crisis has long roots. America's working families have been suffering through what is now a generation-long stagnation of wages and rising economic insecurity. Steps must be taken immediately to shore up our flagging economy and provide much-needed assistance to working families. more »

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CEOs Rake in the Income

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
September 15th, 2008

In 2007, chief executives of the 500 biggest companies in the United States made an average of $12.8 million apiece. That put their daily salary of $51,200 ahead of the typical workers’ annual salary, which was $42,650.

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Forbes

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Unions Raise Wages Significantly

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
August 28th, 2008

Collective bargaining raises union members’ full-time median earnings by $10,400 a year.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Unions Provide Higher Wages and Benefits

Submitted by Armand Biroonak
July 17th, 2008

Wages for union workers are 30 percent higher than for non-union workers ($863 median weekly earnings vs. $663). Union workers are 63 percent more likely to have health insurance (78 percent of union workers have employer-provided health insurance vs. 49 percent of non-union workers). And union workers are four times more likely to have pensions.

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AFL-CIO, http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/why/uniondifference/
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Riding the Bush Roller-Coaster

By Isaiah J. Poole
June 4th, 2008

Just as amusement parks build roller-coaster rides with ever more dramatic dips and twists, the Bush administration and conservative lawmakers have succeeded in building a roller-coaster economy where family incomes are exposed to sharper drops and turns. It's no fun. more »

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Americans believe that international trade leads to lost jobs and lower wages

Submitted by Robert Dorst2 (not verified)
March 14th, 2008

63% believe international trade has “made things worse” for the U.S. and causes job loss and low wages.

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Fortune magazine poll, January 14-16 2008. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/electionpoll/2008/pollresults.html
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