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Memo to Chamber: Get Out of the Way of Fair Pay

by Mike Hall, Dec 9, 2008

 
   

Holy pay discrimination, Batman! Did you know that working women here in Gotham City and around the country lose $434,000 over a lifetime of work because of the gender pay gap? But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is fighting against fair pay for women?

With a boost from Batgirl (see video), our friends at I Am Progress and Moms Rising are telling the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: “Get out of the way of fair pay.” The corporate lobby group has been the loudest voice on Capitol Hill against stronger fair pay laws. You can join in the chorus for pay equity and tell the Chamber to get out of the way, click here.

Launched today, the campaign aims to build support for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act and knock down the Chamber’s bogus arguments against the fair pay legislation.

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