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Post by bot on Apr 12, 2014 14:01:00 GMT -5
President Obama: "When women succeed, America succeeds." Kay Morrison is 90 years old. And in 1943, when she worked as a journeyman welder on the assembly line at Kaiser Shipyard #2 in Richmond, California, she earned the same wage as the man working the graveyard shift alongside her. As Kay said, "it can be the same today." And yet, on average, full-time working women earn just 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Earning equal pay starts with a conversation -- and that's why, this week, President Obama signed an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against employees who choose to discuss their pay. Watch the President -- and Kay -- speak about this issue. And if you learned something new, pass it on: www.whitehouse.gov/share/time-for-equal-pay?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email320-text&utm_campaign=equalpay
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