Tell the Labor Department to support equal pay
Did you know that some employers tell their workers that they cannot talk about their wages? Or that some workers could be punished for having a conversation with a co-worker about their paychecks?
For too many, that’s the truth. More than 6 in 10 private-sector workers say their employer either bars or discourages them from sharing information about their pay.
This unfair practice allows companies to keep wage discrepancies hidden. It also contributes to discrimination in the workplace. And that’s bad news for our work on equal pay.
But there’s good news, too: The Department of Labor is working on a plan to end these salary gag rules. Here’s your chance to tell it you support these efforts.
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If workers could talk about their wages openly and without fear, they could find out if they’re being paid less and determine if the discrepancy is due to discrimination based on their gender, race, or ethnicity.
And of course, women are hit hardest by wage discrepancies. Overall, women make just 78 cents for every dollar a man makes. African American women face a larger gap when their wages are compared to white men, making just 64 cents on the dollar. And Latinas make only 56 cents compared to white men.
Plus, the proposed rule wouldn’t just prohibit retaliation against workers who discuss their pay. It would also require contractors to give employees clear information about how they’re protected from retaliation for discussing pay.
Help us fight for equal pay for women today. Send a comment to the Department of Labor.
Thank you for taking action.
Sincerely,
Fatima Goss Graves
Vice President for Education and Employment
National Women’s Law Center
Be a Seed for Change 
It is a good idea to make your opinion known to the Labor Department but remembere while you are doing it that a lot of the teeth have been pulled from The Labor Department and the NLRB by the right wing who does not necessarily care a whit about workers or their safety or their rights in the workplace.
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thanks for the visit and taking the time to comment. I think most activism should be based on the bigger picture and right wing members of Congress have been pulling apart major govt entities and will continue to do so as long as folks keep voting them in … The midterm elections, which usually get low turnout became a major deal right after Barack was sworn in and we all heard what Mitch McConnell goal was and it hasn’t changed. It seems that those who were pumped in 2008 either stopped paying attention had their own financial collapse or just decided ..it figures that the first POTUS of colour can’t get it done. well, he did say he couldn’t do it himself several times and time and again folks gave up and in doing so we now have teapublicans extremist racists and liars .. smh
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Kind of reminds me of Germany back in the late 1930s sometimes. I hope I am wrong but apparently the fascists have found some kind of favor with the big money that buys elections.
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