Equal Pay & the Wage Gap

No matter how you slice it, women in the U.S. who work full time are paid less than men.

Women are paid only 81 cents for every dollar paid to men—and for women of color the wage gap is even longer. It’s long past time to close the wage gap.

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Reckoning With the Hidden Rules of Gender in the Tax Code Fact Sheet

Letter to Committee on Education and Labor on the Future of Work

New Leave Provisions for Workers Affected by COVID-19

Effects of COVID-19 Show Us Equal Pay Is Critical for Mothers

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Court Approves $14 Million Settlement Agreement with Pregnant Workers from 2013-2014

Expanding Paid Sick Days and Paid Family & Medical Leave in Response to COVID-19

Child Care is Key to Our Economic Recovery: What it will take to stabilize the system during this crisis

NWLC Comment to OMB on Considerations for Additional Measures of Poverty

TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund Financially Supports $500 Million Sexual Harassment Class Action Lawsuit Against McDonald’s Restaurants in Florida

Worker Demands During COVID-19 Deserve Our Solidarity

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Even Before the Pandemic, Women in Front-Line Jobs Were in Crisis

Women Demand More of Congress To Face COVID-19 Recession