And let's make sure women and men get equal pay for equal work by strengthening enforcement of equal pay laws.
That is why my Administration is committed to securing equal pay for equal work.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Equal Pay Day, 2012
And in 2008, he still thinks it's OK when women don't earn equal pay for equal work.
Equal pay for equal work is a good slogan, but it has been the law of the land for decades.
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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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It is why we have fought for greater workplace flexibility, access to capital and training for women-owned businesses, and equal pay for equal work.
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And when young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work. (Applause.) That should be a simple question to answer.
That means women should earn equal pay for equal work.
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His proposals made sense: a commission on voting rights, protection of military families gay and straight, gun control measures, equal pay for equal work, increased minimum wage, and immigration reform.
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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Are you for equal pay for equal work?
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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.
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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And that is why the very first bill he signed as President was to help get -- women get equal pay for equal work -- the very first thing he did as President. (Applause.) And that is why he will always, always fight to ensure that women -- that we can make our own decisions about our bodies and our health care.
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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National Equal Pay Day represents the date in the current year through which women must work to match what men earned in the previous year, reminding us that we must keep striving for an America where everyone gets an equal day's pay for an equal day's work.
WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Equal Pay Day, 2012
Change is the first legislation that I signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Act that has a very simple principle -- (applause) -- women should get paid an equal day's pay for an equal day's work, and our daughters should be treated just like our sons when it comes to the workplace. (Applause.) That's what change is.
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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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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We understand sexism when it's explicit -- unequal pay for equal work -- but we haven't acknowledged gendered cultural biases surrounding parenthood.
The very first thing he did as President -- the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work.
Which is why the first bill I signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Act -- Fair Pay Act -- (applause) -- to make it easier for women to demand fairness -- 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.
And that is why the very first bill he signed into law as President was to make sure that women get equal pay for equal work. (Applause.) And that is why he will always, always fight to ensure that women, that we can make our own decisions about our bodies and our health care.
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And that is why the first bill he signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to help women get equal pay for equal work. (Applause.) And that is why he will always, always fight to ensure that we as women can make our own decisions about our bodies and about our health care.
First, Mr. Romney yet again completely avoided the question of women receiving equal pay in the workplace as if getting home from work early is all that concerns working women.
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All hourly employees who work on a national holiday, including Thanksgiving, receive pay equal to time and a half their hourly pay rate, she said.
This comprehensive and common sense bill updates and strengthens the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which made it illegal for employers to pay unequal wages to men and women who perform substantially equal work.
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