The Democratic Party's stance of supporting child-care, equal pay for equal work and raising the minimum wage rallies women and Latinos behind the party, said Olga Vives, a Cuban-American who is vice-president of the National Organization for Women.
Yes, some of the disheartening statistics still persist: women make only 77 cents to the dollar for equal work, the pay gap is widest and most atrocious for women of color, and the damage stacks up incredibly over the length of our lifetimes.
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The first bill I signed into law was making sure that there was equal pay for equal work for women -- the Lilly Ledbetter Act -- (applause) -- because I think you should be paid the same for doing the same work.
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Rather than focus on the important question of women receiving equal pay for equal work, Romney chose to frame his answers in the light of creating policies that permitted women to have the sort of adjustable schedule that would get them home in time for dinner.
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Governor Romney, for months, refused to say if he'd support the law that we signed that said equal pay for equal work.
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And, by the way, we want our sons in that, but we also want our daughters. (Applause.) I don't know if you were listening last night, but, see, we don't have to order up some binders -- (laughter) -- to find qualified, talented, driven young women to learn and teach and thrive and start businesses. (Applause.) And when these young women graduate, we should make a very simple concept the rule: Equal pay for equal work.
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He may not have noticed, we're in the 21st century. (Applause.) And in the 21st century, a woman deserves equal pay for equal work. (Applause.) This should be a no-brainer.
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In fact, when the Business Roundtable came to us with a list of things that they felt were adding uncertainty, I mean, I will tell you some of the things they have on the list, which were equal-pay-for-equal-work laws, our attitude was, you know, feel certain that I think women should be paid as much as men -- (laughter) -- and you should just take that to the bank.
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Equal pay for equal work is a good slogan, but it has been the law of the land for decades.
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The very first thing he did as President -- the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work.
And that is why the very first bill he signed as President -- the first thing he did -- was sign the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to make sure women get equal pay for equal work -- (applause) -- first thing he did.
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