Don’t Get Mad, Get Equal!
Posted by Michelle Moquin on April 28th, 2009
I just love that don’t you? I’m talking about equal pay…equal pay for women. And today is “Equal Pay Day”.
Women: Are you tired of getting paid less for doing the same job that a man does? I bet.
Hillary said it best when she said:
“With our ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit, there are no limits to what is possible in America!”
And that’s the rule at No Limits.org.
No Limits works every day on the issues Hillary championed: issues like health care, changing economic and energy policies; restoring America’s leadership around the world, and a foreign policy that understands women’s rights are human rights. This week, you can join their “Don’t Get Mad, Get Equal!” campaign, with a special Equal Pay Action Kit.
Sign up to get their Equal Pay Action Kit and you will receive the No Limits calculator. This calculator will show you just how much unequal pay is costing you and your family; information about your rights at work, and the facts about the Paycheck Fairness Act, the next step to equal pay.
Click here to join and sign up for the Equal Pay Action Kit
Check out these stats:
Today, women earn just 77.8 cents for every dollar earned by men.
And the wage gap is even greater for women of color: 68.7 cents for African American women, just 59 cents for Latinas.
Even after passage of the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, we have work to do. Our families deserve better, and together we can make it happen!
No Limits is not a political organization; They do not endorse candidates. They speak up on the issues that are so important to their members: quality health care for every American, economic policies that recognize hard work and open opportunities; supporting the rights – and lives – of the women of Afghanistan.
“People in support of women and their equal rights need to keep working together toward the values and goals that we share: a better future for every child, from every family; a world of dignity and respect for every person.”
Sound good? Want to take action or become a part of their organization? Click here for more info.
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Wnobr: Are you pulling one over on us? I know aliens like to have their fun. Speaking of cellulous….isn’t that Tal’s food of choice? Where is our Tal?
Zen Lill: I think you must have that subclavious muscle – haven’t you been on all fours a lot lately – Hahhahaa…Just kidding.
Readers: I can see that the subject of torture is still a hot topic as it should be. I’m still sticking to my opinion. But as always, feel free to verbalize yours or anything else you want to chat about.
Peace out….
Gratefully your blog host,
michelle
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April 28th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Hi Mischa, last time I blogged about this I took so much shit from women but I’ll say it again just for the heck of it. I agree wholeheartedly on equal pay for equal work, it is the cornerstone of my male/female equality beliefs, that being said, women often do not negotiate well for their pay. There are stats to back that up, I did not make that up. People will negotiate on a house/car/etc…but women of lower/mid-level positions often do not, not hard enough. I know of a few female execs that cop to the fact that they ‘left money on the table’ so my point in my blog was: negotiate your salary well so six months into it you don’t resent your employer (or yourself). If its one time for shameless self promotion, negotiating your salary/bonuses/perks is the time : )
On your overall point, if its an hourly or paycheck situation then no, men should not just automatically get 20-25% more than women bc they have a penis (unless they are using it to lift heavy objects, hahaha…
Hmmm, re: your above comment about me and all fours, what a naughty thing to say ; ) kidding (or not) I liked it…
Catch you later, Zen Lill
April 28th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Hi Mischa, thanks for this topic, decided to blog today – ack, just realized it has been over a month, I really let myself go, won’t hapopen again. i have the feeling my private emaiiler’s are not coming from your site but I always appreciated the email q’s, (and thank you for the privelege if it is/was any of you) – you’d have thought I have some things in life wired the questions I would get about relationships/sex (always respectfully done)/attitudes on everything, hmmm methinks the ‘Zen’ before ‘Lill’ actually is a believable thing, and it is, but the second my ego gets involved in that name, it’s over, and I do not, I can be the opposite of Zen, just not very often anymore…
Anyway, it is ‘In Honor of Equal Pay day – yes, I’m back : )’ and women, you will LOVE this woman that’s featured in my entry. I do, Mischa did, too.
Have a gloriously equal pay day, Zen Lill
April 28th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Hey Michelle, what’s up? This is Al. I just wanted to tell you that I apologize to you for going off on the earthling girls via your blog. I wish that there was another way to communicate with them.
I am also very curious and interested in how you knew that I was seeking some medical assistance for some chemical inbalance I have in my brain (there is only one way that you could have known that I can think of).
I am rapidly loosing my ability to walk due to orthopedic troubles in my feet and particularly my knees. Very painful to get a glass of water or answer the phone. I went to a local hospital and was diagnosed “degenerative joint disease”. I am only 50,this news devastated me. If this was not enough (I was angered by this information) I later (today) found out that I have a brain tumor the size of a third world nation and my insurance (yes I finally got medicaid) won’t pay to have a tooth pulled.
So if I have given you or your readers a hard time, you have my sincere apologies.
As far as your subordinates go (the eartling gang) I had meant every single word of what I said to those creatures and much worse, and if they would like to see all the men on this planet dead, they have my blessing to start right here with myself. Girls come and try, or come and do me this favor.
But seriously Michelle, I know exactly how you knew that I was ill and “seeking treatment”. I would like to hear you say it.
I KNOW that you, your blog and your aliens are as phony as the color of your hair. You do however put some very informative and useful content in some of your moderations, and I thank you for openning my eyes to many issues that I otherwise would not have been aware of. Your range of topics has been amazing
I only know of one who is a bigger liar than yourself, and it is not me. I must admit you had me going for a good while and with that said I will be checking out.
ZL: though you have been like a sister to me, you must know that nobody gives a shit about the state of your physiche and your vanity never ceases to amaze me. I guess this is the norm in trendy CA, but that is all you talk about is your rock hard muscles and how Zen you think you are.
You two really do give womanhood a bad name, I’d bet that between the two of you there is a half-dozen plastic surgeries.
Well, it’s been fun. But I am sure that if a real Azza ever did show up, this blog and it’s moderator would be the last place she would find a qenuine human being.
Thanks so much for providing a forum that I could use to express myself. It is mind boggeling that you believe that anyone other than myself could believe a word of the alien banter. No aliens that I have known would ever stoop so low.
Cheers and goodbye forever,
AL