For further information from the AAUW concerning pay equity please visit these web sites:
· AAUW’s position paper on pay equity can be found on the AAUW website at http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/actionpages/payequity.cfm.
· AAUW Educational Foundation research reports on pay equity can be found at http://www.aauw.org/research/index.cfm.
· Up to date information on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (HR 2831), including how each representative voted, can be found under the Issues and Legislation tab of AAUW’s Two-Minute Activist or directly at http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues/votes/?votenum=768&chamber=H&congress=1101.
· Up to date information on the Senate companion bill, the Fair Pay Restoration Act (S 1843), including cosponsors, can also be found on Two-Minute Activist or directly at http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues/bills/?bill=10086661. An alert to urge your senators to cosponsor this bill can be found under the Issues and Legislation tab of Two-Minute Activist or directly at http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues/alert/?alertid=10408586.
· Up to date information on the Paycheck Fairness Act (HR 1338) can be found on Two-Minute Activist or directly at http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues/bills/?bill=9509686. An alert to urge your representative to cosponsor this bill can be found on Two-Minute Activist or directly at http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues /alert/?alertid=9732821.
· Up to date information on the Senate version of the Paycheck Fairness (S 766) can be found on Two-Minute Activist or directly at http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues/bills/?bill=9852851. An alert to urge your senators to cosponsor this bill can be found on Two-Minute Activist or directly at http://capwiz.com/aauw/issues/alert/?alertid=9733321.
· Briefings on all the previously mentioned bills can be found in the AAUW Member Center (password protected) at http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/LobbyCorpsBriefings.cfm?cs_LoginTime=150334. These briefings are ideal to educate your branch about issues, and also to guide in-district meetings with your elected officials.
· For information about requesting and holding a meeting with your senator’s in-state staff concerning the Fair Pay Restoration Act (S. 1843) like the ones described on the conference call, please contact AAUW’s Field Director Seth Chase at chases@aauw.org .
· For ideas for activism to promote Equal Pay Day on Tuesday, April 22 please download AAUW’s Pay Equity Resource Kit from the AAUW website at http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/actionpages/payequity.cfm.