Equal Pay Debate

As long as an American woman is putting in the same amount of hours with the same qualifications and experience in the same occupation as an American male, and yet taking home a wage that is any lower, she is not being treated fairly as an equal. Contrary to many arguments, it’s undeniable that a wage gap exists, and while there are various ideas as to the most probable cause, there is no reason why this gap should continue to go uncorrected or unchanged. Our government should take concrete steps to close the gender wage gap because it violates women’s rights and equality.

The White House in 2010 created the Equal Pay Task Force to implement the original Equal Pay Act of 1963. This task force has been conducting education efforts, building infrastructure, and enforcing the Equal Pay act in both the private and public sector. In all of its efforts this task force has been very involved and successful in all of its strategies to cease income inequality. However, is it enough? I think based on its results this government task force is doing a proficient job in ending pay discrimination.

In the article, Clinton vs. Trump: Equal Pay for Equal Work, Hilary Clinton argues that the issue of the gender pay gap is a major problem in this country and she plans on tackling these problems surrounding the pay gap that affects these women. The views of Clinton’s unequal pay gap display other wide dimensions relating to: women’s equality in our society and how the pay gap not only targets certain women but women who are mothers, and women of color. Notably, most Americans are unaware about the issue of unequal pay gap between men and women, and consequently this leads to inequality towards women in the workplace. I strongly stress the controversial issue to enforce and fight inequality of working mothers, color of women, and women have been facing in the workplace with the issue of unequal pay between and how men are viewed as more competent in the workplace.

A current political issue in the United States is unequal payment based on the sex of the one who is employed. Rick McKee uses he editorial cartoon, “Equal Pay,” to indirectly characterize our current president, and create some irony around the whole topic of inequality in paychecks. McKee intends to reach all possible viewers/voters to make the president appear to have some hypocrisy to create some irony surrounding the president and his people-pleasing executive orders. The moral points in this piece of artwork are: if someone wants others to change they should change first, one cannot blame their mistakes on someone else, and be humble. The main purposes of this satirical cartoon is to criticize the current president’s lack of knowledge of the issue of unequal pay going on even with those that work for him, and his attitude of a hypocrite to blame what he is in charge of on other people.

What are possible reasons, according to the author, for why the issue of unequal pay among women of color in particular does not garner national media attention?

Government has tackled the issue of pay equity for several decades, through a string of Acts. The issue arose as part of the discussion of civil rights in the 1960s but the conversation continues today. The concept of equal pay for equal work has philosophical roots in the doctrine of equality, where all Americans are considered to be equal under the law and entitled to equal rights. The issue of equal pay became a public policy topic as a means of enforcing this equality doctrine. This paper will discuss not only the doctrine, but the history of equal pay legislation from the Civil Rights Act to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

The fight for equality amongst the genders has been a long one for American women. Although during the country’s history, the government has granted many rights to women, in hoping for equality amongst genders, these rights have been poorly enforced. Many companies still pay their women workers less than their male counterparts for doing the same job because of issues like cultural bias. Women cannot seek for equal pay because of their ignorance to the specifics of the wage gap or because of the fear of retribution. While all of this still holds true, California has taken a step further in closing the gender wage gap with the passing of the Fair Pay Act in 2015 which bans pay secrecy and retribution for inquiry of earnings. It is hopefully only through the strict enforcement of this act and the setting up educational programs that California can hope to successfully

In the modern United States of America i do think that men are treated different than women. Men are treated as if they are superior to women. Pay in the United States may vary for the same job based on weather you are a woman or a man. I think there is somewhat of a system of equality, but this system is nowhere near perfect. The reason our system is not perfect is because we still don't have things such as equal pay. I believe that our society could have a perfect system of equality if things like equal pay were in commision. So as of right now i do not believe we have a great system of equality in effect. This is what i think about the system of equality in the United

In January 2009, President Barack Obama signed The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act alongside Lilly Ledbetter, an equal pay activist. This Act allowed women and men to receive the same pay regardless of any reasoning. In his speech, President Obama personally thanked Ledbetter for her effort on being an advocate for the equality of American workers, especially women (Obama). Eight years in and significant parts of the population are still frustrated over uneven pays in the United States and around the world.

The United States Women’s National soccer team overpowered Columbia on April 6, 2016. The United States Women’s National team ended up beating Columbia 7-0 in East Hartford Connecticut. The Pratt and Whitney Stadium was filled with 21,792 chilled fans cheering and chanting for equal pay. There were many signs saying “Equal Play=Equal Pay,” and “Grass Only,” a reference to the artificial turf fields that the women’s team has been bothered about for many years now. After the game, The New York Times interviewed with Becky Sauerbrunn, a defender on the team. She said, “We have the best fans in the world” and “To support us like that, we’re really appreciative.” I was actually at the game on April sixth and it was a very moving game. When the players

The understanding of importance of equal pay on the matter of gender is important to be fair to both females and males. The three main points is the causes to pregnant mothers along with single mothers and women just in general.

After the war, government and regular citizen policies enabled employers to replace feminine laborers with guys. Many organizations would just get men, inspite of everything they had employed ladies in the middle of the war. Employers that enlisted ladies assigned a new name to the occupations and lowered their compensation. The daily reading papers distributed different job listings for guys and ladies. Under the Classified ads ran indistinguishable occupations, however various pay levels for men and women. The level of ladies working outside the home dropped to under twenty-eight percent of the total workforce.

Women do not want to live to in a place where they don’t get what they fully deserve and that’s why the women’s national team is standing up for their right equal pay. This article has been about the women’s team fighting for equal pay, but their not the only ones. Some other incredible women who have fought for this is Beyoncè, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Christina Hendricks. This shows you how it impacts most women. This huge gap in men’s salaries and women’s salaries needs to change because women are just as good as men and there’s not that much that makes them different. The women’s national soccer team is sick and tired of being paid four times less than the men when they have a better record and put in just as much

Now that we are half-way into the semester, I have finally settled in the EEOC as an intern in the investigation unit. Marina has allowed me to work alongside her for the duration of the internship, and I have seen many interesting cases ever since. Consequently, I have learned that there is a new classification of cases (SA) in addition to the previous three (A, B, and C) that requires special attention because it: 1) has an impact on the development of the law, 2) has broad deterrent impact (beyond parties), 3) has a direct impact on a large number of individuals, and 4) demonstrates the agency’s role as the primary enforcer of civil rights. And in cases where the respondent refuses to cooperate, a subpoena is issued which forces them to

Ms. Kate does have a case to file a Equal Pay and Title VII violation. In this case, there clearly is a bias in the pay scale. While one of the newly hired employees has a M.Ed., he is coming into a position where he does not have any experience. While another employee, with a PhD. also joins the company with no experience. Ms. Kate had 3 items that she wished to discuss with Dr. Boseman, and all of them are pretty valid.