Pass the Paycheck Fairness ActTell your Senators to support fair pay. Working families are counting on Congress to take the next step and make paycheck fairness a reality.
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The Fair Pay Campaign:
Working for Fair Pay for All
The National Women's Law Center has been a leader in the fight to ensure that all workers, especially women, receive fair and equitable pay for their work.
Next Stop: Paycheck Fairness
The Paycheck Fairness Act, passed in the House of Representatives in January 2009 and now pending in the Senate, aims to strengthen current laws against wage discrimination and provides tools to enable the federal government to be more proactive in the fight. Among other things, the Paycheck Fairness Act would also close a significant loophole in the Equal Pay Act to allow for full compensation for sex-based wage discrimination. Learn more about the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Resources
- The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009: One Year Later, National Women's Law Center, January 2010
- State-by-State Data on the Wage Gap, April 2009
- Congress Must Act to Close the Wage Gap for Women: Facts on Women’s Wages and Pending Legislation, National Women's Law Center, April 2009
- Letter to the Senate in Support of the Paycheck Fairness Act, Coalition Sign-On Letter, April 2009
What You Can Do
- Urge your Senators to vote YES on the Paycheck Fairness Act.
- Sign the Fair Pay Campaign pledge and register to receive alerts and updates from the National Women’s Law Center.