Floridians Want State Lawmakers to Act on Threats Created by COVID Crisis
Florida voters hold deep concerns over the risk that COVID-19 poses to their health, the economy, and the upcoming election.
Equal Pay
The Big Winners From Colorado’s 2019 Session
By: Kyle Huelsman, SiX Colorado State Director Working Women Will Benefit from the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act Senator Jessie Danielson and Representative Janet Buckner have been pushing the legislature to address the gender pay gap since 2016 and finally this...
Progressive Victories in the Maryland Legislature
During this year’s legislative session, progressive Maryland state lawmakers secured victories on policies to put more money in the pockets of working people, lower the cost of health care, care for our environment, improve access to early and higher education,...
Momentum Building toward Pay Equity: States are a Key Part of a Multi-Pronged Effort
By Kim Churches, the chief executive officer of the American Association of University Women. We’ve been hearing the same grim story about the gender pay gap for far too long: Working women take home, on average, 20 percent less than working men—and the gap is even...
States Won’t Wait for Equal Pay
As part of SiX’s 2018 #FightingForFamilies Week of Action, Kim Churches, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of University Women wrote a guest blog about the importance of fighting for equal pay for all women coast-to-coast. By Kim Churches ...
Guest Commentary: Georgia Women Deserve Equal Pay
By: Representative Park Cannon, Georgia I grew up in a single parent home shaped by domestic violence. My mother worked as a pharmaceutical representative to keep us fed. We needed every penny she earned so that we could stay afloat. Many Georgia families know what...