Legislative Alert
Letter to Senators Urging Them to Support Cloture and Final Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act
… Dear Senator: The AFL-CIO urges you to support cloture and final passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.2199), a long overdue measure that would strengthen the … discrimination against women. When the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was enacted into law it became illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to male and female employees who perform the same work. Yet wage disparities between women and men are evident today in both the private and public sectors and at every …