Blog for Equal Pay Day 2013 – The Posts

Today is Equal Pay Day! These days, women still make just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes, adding up to nearly $11,000 in lost wages every year. So this year we asked bloggers to answer the question, “What would you do with your $11,000 in lost wages?”

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

p.s. Are you on Twitter? Join us at 1:00pm ET for a tweetchat on equal pay and the wage gap. Our official chat hashtag is #TalkPay, and we’ll be joined by Lilly Ledbetter and other special guests!

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 Members of Congress

• Equal Pay Day: Fairness for America's Women, Senator Tom Harkin
• This Equal Pay Day, End Pay Secrecy, Senator Barbara Mikulski and Representative Rose DeLauro
• Equal Pay for Equal Work – It’s a No-Brainer, Senator Ron Wyden
• Guest column: Sen. Debbie Stabenow says Michigan women still don't earn the same as men, Senator Debbie Stabenow
• New Jersey Needs the Paycheck Fairness Act, Senator Robert Menendez and Debra L. Ness 
• Closing The Wage Gap For Women and Strengthening Economic Security of All Middle Class Families, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

Posts from the National Women’s Law Center

• Equal Pay Day 2013: How Long Will it Take?, Fatima Goss Graves
• Equal Pay Day: Raising minimum wage will help women – and the economy, Emily Martin and Arjun Sethi via The Christian Science Monitor
• Five TV Characters Who Could Seriously Use A Raise, Becka Wall via BuzzFeed
• Equal Pay Day 2013: Where We Go From Here, Becka Wall
• Want Equal Pay For Women? Raise the Minimum Wage, Julie Vogtman via Policy Mic
• Serious About Closing the Wage Gap? Take the Bull by the Horns Like New Mexico, Valarie Hogan
• It’s Time to Shine A Light on Compensation Data, Valarie Hogan and Liz Watson
• Wanna Find Out If You’re Making Less Than Your Male Coworker? It Shouldn’t Cost You Your Job, Amy Tannenbaum
• An Equal Pay Day Message You Can Dance To, Liz Watson
• Equal Pay Day 2013 – The CliffsNotes, Catherine Yourougou
• The Wage Gap Over Time – 2013 Update, Abby Lane

Posts from our Participants

• What Would You Do With Your $11,000 in Lost Wages?, Sarah Kaiser, Center for Inquiry
• Equal Pay Day 2013: We're Preaching to the Choir, Ryane Ridenour, Generational Alliance
• Gender Pay Gap Exists for Women Lawyers Too, Debbie Hines, Legal Speaks
• For Me, the Pay Gap Is Personal, Elizabeth Owens, AAUW
• AUDIO: Equal Time Minute – Fair Pay, Martha Burk
• Equal Pay – Only 45 Years to Go!, Martha Burk
• Blog Post: Equal Pay =, Julie Nguyen, 9to5 Atlanta
• The Wage Gap and a Foregone Chance to Build a Future, Alicia Kimi, National Council of Jewish Women
• Low-Wage Work: A Women's Issue, Rose Campbell, Making Change at Walmart
• Metro-Detroit CLUW Calls on Michigan Legislators to Support Equal Pay Legislation, Millie Hall, Coalition of Labor Union  Women, Metro-Detroit Chapter
• Equal? Payday for Men and Women, Phyllis S. Johnson, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Central CA Chapter
• The High Cost of Low Transparency, Ilene H. Lang, Catalyst
• Equal Pay is an LGBT Issue, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
• Equal Pay Day, 2013 , Kyrstin Racine, Alliance for Justice
• Why Should Emily Lose $443,000?, Elizabeth Shuler, AFL-CIO
• What $11,000 means to the YWCA, Randi Schmidt, YWCA
• Equal Pay Day: Gender Wage Gap Means Women Lose $11,000 Per Year, Avril Lighty, The Leadership Conference
• Waiting for Equal Pay Day, Emmily Bristol, The Sin City Siren
• What is Equal Pay Day and Why Should I Care?, Joanne Tosti-Vasey, CivilRightsAdvocacy.net
• Equal Pay Day: Or Why I’d Like My $11,000 Back, Colleen Crinion, Get Off My Soapbox
• What Would I Do With an Extra 11 Grand a Year?, Elisa Batista, MomsRising
• Can You Afford to Lose $11,000?, Liz O'Donnell, Hello Ladies
• VIDEO: Equal Pay: A Story of Pay Discrimination, Aileen Rizo
• Equal Pay Day, Gina D'Andrea Weatherup, Politics Power Sex
• On Equal Pay Day Remember Women of Color, Amanda Reed, National Organization for Women
• Equal Pay Day: Gender Wage Gap is a Chasm for Women of Color, Mariah Craven, Washington Area Women's Foundation
• Equal Pay Day, Feminist Friends
• We Need to Fight for Equal Pay, Today and Everyday, Laura Reyes, AFSCME
• 18 More Cents... in 50 Years, Deborah J. Vagins, ACLU
• Today is National Equal Pay Day 2013 – See Data on College Female Coaches, Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D., One Sport Voice
• Blog For Equal Pay Day - What Would You Do with $11,000?, Talia bat Pessi, Star of Davida

Other Resources from the National Women’s Law Center

• How the Wage Gap Hurts Women and Families
• Closing the Wage Gap Is Crucial for Women of Color and Their Families
• State-by-State Wage Gap Rankings
• Explaining the Wage Gap