Legislative Alert
Letter to Representatives in Support of the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2015
… Dear Representative: The AFL-CIO urges you to support the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2015 (H.R.1619), a long overdue remedial measure that responds to the demonstrated inadequacies of the Equal Pay Act. 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 …