Blog for Equal Pay Day 2012 – The Posts

Today is Equal Pay Day! This year we’re co-hosting our annual Blog for Equal Pay Day blog carnival with MomsRising to get bloggers talking about the need to close the wage gap and secure equal pay for women.

After the jump, you’ll find links to blog carnival posts from NWLC staff members and from our participants. Keep checking back here for the latest posts!

Have a blog you’d like to submit to the blog carnival? Leave a link in the comments section on this post or email it to djackson@nwlc.org.

Posts from the National Women’s Law Center

• Unhappy Equal Pay Day, Fatima Goss Graves
• April 17th: A Day to Remember That Women Can’t Afford an Unfair Economy, Emily Martin
• Shh! Never Discuss Your Salary, Fatima Goss Graves
• Your Pager is Going Off. It Says to Help Close the #WageGap., Danielle Jackson
• Why Fair Pay for Women Matters to My Husband, Katherine Gallagher Robbins
• When I think about the Fight for Equal Pay, This is What I See., Melanie Ross Levin
• [FLOWCHART] Should You Care About the Wage Gap? A Simple Guide, Val Vilott
• Wisconsin, Equal Pay, and Women, Brittany Papalia
• How I Made My Case for Fair Pay – And Won, Jessica White
• Gender Gap Apps: Because Sometimes You Want to Angry Bird Your Oppression, Jenny Egan

Posts from our Participants

• Women are Worth More than $2.13, Nikki Lewis, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
• Out Of the Kitchen and into the Streets!, Saru Jayaraman, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
• I Worked in a Restaurant as a Server Earning $2.65 and Could Not Afford to Eat, Brandi Trapp, Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
• That Time of Year Again: “Equal” Pay Day, Pascale Lane, Whizbang
• Get Even Right Now, Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst
• Beyond Equal Pay for Equal Work, Shannon Hill, All Our Kin
• A Lesson from the US Military, Kimberly Olson, Colonel, USAF (retired)
• Facing the Wage Gap as a Female College Grad, Vanessa Harbin, Institute for Women's Policy Research
• New Study: Men Earn More Than Women Within Nearly All the Most Common Occupations, Caroline Dobuzinskis, Institute for Women's Policy Research
• More Than a Date: The Connection Between Tax Day and Equal Pay Day, Kristin Maschka 
• Low-Income Women & Their Families Can’t Afford a Gender Wage Gap, Nicky Goren, Washington Area Women’s Foundation
• The Unfortunate Irony in Equal Pay Day, Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
• Women’s Work: A Political Flashpoint and an Urgent Policy Imperative, Debra Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families
• Equal Pay Day: 5 Ways for Women to Earn What They’re Worth, Katharine Nasielski, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
• Happy Equal Pay Day! We’re All Caught Up, Colleen Crinion, Get Off My Soapbox
• The Motherhood Penalty — On Discrimination Against Mothers as Mothers, Cheryl Seelhoff, Women’s Space 
• This is the Year to Close the Wage Gap, Liz O'Donnell, Hello Ladies
• Happy Equal Pay Day, Carol Joyner, Labor Project for Working Families
• Football Guide to Fair Pay, Janet Hill, MomsRising
• A Small Doc for Equal Pay; A Giant Leap for One Woman, Kate Bryant, MomsRising
• The True Value of Work: A Blog Carnival Honoring Latinas and Equal Pay Day, Janet Murguia, National Council of La Raza
• Equal Pay Day: A Joint Blog Carnival With National Women’s Law Center, Ruth Martin, MomsRising
• Who says women don’t care about wages?, Sandra Fluke
• On Equal Pay Day Let’s Demand Change from Walmart, Jenya Cassidy, MomsRising
• Wage Theft, Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence: The Troubling Reality of Many Latina and Immigrant Workers, Hector E. Sanchez, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA)
• Unequal Pay Day for Black and Latina Women, Julie Ajinkya, Center for American Progress
• California Women Earn 84 Cents for Every Man’s Dollar: Latinas Make 57 Cents, Dennis Romero, LA Weekly
• 10 Facts about Latino Women and Pay Inequity, Vanessa Cárdenas, Center for American Progress
• California Restaurant Owner Speaks Out in Favor of Raising the Tipped Minimum Wage, Nicolas Sanchez, owner of Platano Restaurant
• New report highlights dismal treatment of women workers in restaurant industry, Marisa Treviño, Latina Lista
• $2.13 no compra ni un galón de leche, Elisa Batista, MomsRising
• Un dueño de restaurante salvadoreño en California a favor del proyecto de ley WAGES, Nicolas Sanchez, Platano Salvadoran Restaurant
• Menos propinas para trabajadores, Univision Noticias 
• Pay Equity is Every Woman’s Issue, By Lynn Yeakel and Rosemarie B. Greco, Vision 2020
• Where Are the Women?, Robin C. Hall Guadagnini, Vision 2020
• On Equal Pay Day, Step Up or Step Out of the Way, Deborah L. Frett, Business and Professional Women's Foundation
• Equal Pay for Equal Work: Much More than a Nuisance, National Association of Social Workers
• Debunking Myths About Motherhood and Equal Pay, Elizabeth Gedmark, A Better Balance
• Equal Pay Is About Economic Security for Middle Class Families, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
• Sen. Gillibrand & 300 NY Advocates at Equal Pay Day NYC Forum!, Equal Pay Coalition NYC
• A Good Job for Every Woman, Kelli Owens, YWCA
• Let’s Get Women Out of the Red, Gerald W. McEntee, AFSCME
• Wear Red for Pay Equity Tuesday, Kate Childs Graham, AFSCME
• This Equal Pay Day, Look to the States, Emily Wilson, Wider Opportunities for Women
• Unequal Pay and Women’s Economic Security, Mary Murphy, Wider Opportunities for Women
• We Can't Wait For Fair Pay, Deborah Vagins, ACLU
• Trying to Survive on an Hourly Wage, Maggie Arden, Fem2.0
• An anti-family conservative agenda, Ellen Bravo, Family Values at Work
• It’s Not a “Mommy War,” It’s a War on Moms, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, MomsRising
• Top Five Reasons Why Fair Pay Matters This Election, Rachel Wallace, AAUW
• Equal Pay for Women: A Simple Matter of Fairness, Lauren Eiten, NOW
• Demanding equal pay for equal work, Laurie Young, Ph.D., National Gay and LesbianTask Force
• Equal Pay: Will We Ever Get There? An Interview With Lilly Ledbetter, Martha Burk, Ms. Magazine
• Locker-Room Secret, Liza Featherstone, Ms. Magazine
• (Un)Equal Pay for Equal Work, Miri Cypers, Jewish Women International
• Happy (?) Equal Pay Day!, Caryn Dudarevitch, Focus on Insight

Don't see your blog post here yet? Please email your post link to Danielle Jackson at djackson@nwlc.org.

Other Resources from the National Women’s Law Center

• Equal Pay Issue Overview
• Women Can't Afford Unfair Pay Today
• Closing the Wage Gap is Especially Important for Women of Color in Difficult Times
• Fair Pay for Women Requires Increasing the Minimum Wage and Tipped Minimum Wage
• Combating Punitive Pay Secrecy Policies
• The Wage Gap State by State: 2012 Fact Sheets
• Join the #CloseIt Campaign of Tweets to Spread Awareness about the Wage Gap on Twitter