Women Can’t Wait: Unfair Pay is Bad Business

Tell the Senate: Women Can’t Wait for Fair Pay

Paycheck Fairness is simply the right thing to do.

Hard-working women everywhere are tired of waiting. Women earning only 77 cents to every dollar made by a man is bad business. You know it, the U.S. House of Representatives knows it, the White House Middle Class Task Force knows it. Now, all we’re waiting for is the Senate to get it.

Fortunately, Senators Dodd and Mikulski have filed an amendment to include the Paycheck Fairness Act in the small business bill being considered by the Senate soon. Tell your Senators that women cannot afford to wait any longer for Paycheck Fairness.

The Paycheck Fairness Act is a common-sense solution to ensure fair pay. Vice President Biden underscored its importance this week as the White House Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force included passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act as its number one recommendation. It’s simply the right thing to do.

Now more than ever, we need the Senate to act. With so many families depending on women’s earnings in the economic downturn, wage discrimination limits our nation’s recovery.

Women cannot afford to keep waiting. Urge your Senators to do the right thing and support Paycheck Fairness.

Thank you for continuing to stand up for equal pay. Together, we have come a long way for women, and we cannot rest until we finish the job.

Fatima Goss Graves Sincerely,