Rivals meet in Unity WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton plan to campaign together Friday in the small New Hampshire town of Unity, their first joint appearance meant to ease tensions over the closely fought Democratic primary. The location, announced Monday, was chosen not only for the symbolism of its name, but because each candidate received exactly 107 votes there in the Jan. 8 primary. Obama spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said the campaign was still working to finalize the site of the rally, which will be open to the public. Independent-minded New Hampshire is a critical battleground state in November. Bush won the state in 2000, but Democrat John Kerry narrowly captured it in 2004. The state also has one of the most competitive Senate races this year, ...
THE Supreme Court keeps finding ways to deny women equal pay and benefits. In 2007, it denied a woman's claim for equal pay because it thought she waited too long to file it. On Monday, the court sided against female retirees who get smaller pensions than their male colleagues because they got pregnant and took maternity leaves before Congress got around to outlawing discrimination on that basis.
[Rod R. Blagojevich Sunday] said this Act is about not just chasing the American dream but also about women "having the chance to chase it, pursue it, attain it [and] reach it." That is why he's cracking down on the enforcement of this act which he signed last Mother's Day. That was good news to Robins Mayor Irene Brodie who who during a press conference held at the Exelon Corp., 227 W. Monroe, told the governor and the Chicago Defender being a woman of color and working in a man's world is a "double-edged sword" because Black women get a double dose of discrimination. Saying the right to "chase the American dream belongs not only to men, but also women," Blagojevich added: "that means if you're a woman, and you do the same work as a man, you ought to be paid the same as a man.
For women across the country, today is an important day - the nationwide observance of Equal Pay Day. The date symbolizes how far into 2011 women must work to earn what men earned in 2010. According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics, women who work in full-time, year-round jobs in Maine earn, on average, 76.7 cents for every dollar earned by men working in those jobs.
Opponents might not be racist, but they're wrong on Obama I've read several letters that deny the right's opposition to President Obama is racial and complain he's all talk, does nothing and is stifling business. Wrong. The things the candidate promised and the president delivered include Wall Street reform, equal pay for women, repeal of don't ask, don't tell, withdrawal from Iraq and health insurance reform.
Women's Property, Then And Now. A. An Historic Overview of Women's Property Rights In The United States. B. The Modern Story, Over Time.II. Why The Gendered Disparities In Wealth?.A. Marital & Parental Status.1. Introduction. 2. Women's Economic Dependence, Gender-Neutral Divorce Laws, And Other Half-Truths.B. Discrimination And The Wage Gap.1. Introduction. 2. Undervaluation Of Women's Work. 3. Equal Pay For Equal Work. C. Systematic Under-Investment In Women. D. How Neutral Is Neutral? III. Conclusion: What Does The Future Hold?
President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which he said would help ensure that women get paid as much as men for equal work. Nationwide, women on average make 77 cents for every dollar men earn, but in Ohio it's less -- 74 cents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2008 American Community Survey.
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