Are different genders treated equally in the workplace?

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Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

Gillibrand co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act.
1/24/2009 2:10:56 PM

Al Green (politician)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

In 2006, women earned 76 and one half cents for every dollar men earned, a disparity of 23 and half cents. As bad as this is, the details are worse
11/14/2008 3:11:21 PM

Jack Welch

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

The easy answer is that the corporate world is fundamentally sexist, that the men in charge don’t want women to succeed and conspire to deny them promotions, underpay them, or both.
11/13/2008 9:53:12 AM

Darcy Burner (D-WA)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

Women are still earning 23% less than their male counterparts
10/23/2008 12:07:46 PM

Jim Himes (D-CT)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

"True equality has not been achieved."
10/22/2008 9:54:59 AM

Kathy Dahlkemper (D-PA)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

Despite this, the Department of Labor reports that women continue to make less than men for equal work - just 74 cents to every $1 a man makes.
10/22/2008 12:25:44 AM

Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

It is ridiculous to imagine that in the 21st Century, women are still dealing with this issue
9/15/2008 1:26:36 PM

Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

Equal pay is not just a women's issue, it's a family issue,"
9/8/2008 12:18:43 PM

Cynthia McKinney

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

Equal pay for equal work is not yet a reality for working women in this country.
7/24/2008 10:04:23 AM

Moby

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

"...that's the problem with having a republican front-runner whose view of women's rights was developed in the 1930's..."
7/12/2008 1:47:36 PM

Leonard Boswell

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

But even today, full equality of pay between the sexes has not fully been achieved.
7/10/2008 3:52:14 PM

Tom Harkin

Different genders are treated equally in the workplace.

Yet women today still make only 77 cents for every dollar that the average man makes
7/9/2008 2:54:40 PM

Betty McCollum (D-MN)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

In real terms, this means that women and their families are being shortchanged thousands of dollars a year.
7/3/2008 3:25:43 PM

Amy Klobuchar

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

it still takes women 16 months to earn what men can earn in 12 months,
6/26/2008 1:47:09 PM

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

Today nearly forty-four years after President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, gender pay disparities still exist in astonishing numbers
6/4/2008 3:17:13 PM

Dee Dee Myers

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

"Insipid sexism"
5/12/2008 9:14:07 PM

The Democratic Party

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

"Women still earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men."
4/3/2008 11:40:00 PM

Green Party (USA)

Different genders are not treated equally in the workplace.

"Women still earn only 70% of men's wages for equal jobs."
4/2/2008 2:50:52 PM