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April 12, 2016

Issues:   Equal Pay & the Wage Gap, Race & Gender Wage Gaps, Racial Justice, Workplace Justice

A Lifetime of the Wage Gap Series

The following is a series of blog posts leading up to Equal Pay Day (April 12) featuring the perspectives of women at different points in their careers on the lifetime wage gap.

A Lifetime of the Wage Gap: A Young Career Woman’s Perspective

 

A Lifetime of the Wage Gap: A Law Student’s Perspective

 

A Lifetime of the Wage Gap: A College Student’s Perspective

 

A Lifetime of the Wage Gap: From the Perspective of 50,000 Chipotle Burrito Bowls

 

A Lifetime of the Wage Gap: When You Don’t Know Your Number

 

A Lifetime of the Wage Gap: A Granddaughter’s Perspective on Her Grandmother’s Career

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