Ways to Move Pay Equity in Your State Pay Equity Workshop @AAUWpolicy
Wage Gap by State
Equal Pay at the State Level 8 states have no specific pay equity law: q q q q Alabama Iowa Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas Utah Wisconsin
Equal Pay at the State Level statutes: 17 states have “equal work” ü ü ü ü ü California Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Minnesota Nebraska Nevada ü ü ü ü New Hampshire New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Virginia Wyoming
Equal Pay at the State Level work” statutes: 12 states have “comparable ü ü ü Arkansas Idaho Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts ü ü ü North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon South Dakota Tennessee West Virginia
Equal Pay at the State Level 3 states require male and female work must be the “same”: ü Arizona ü Missouri ü Montana
Equal Pay at the State Level 3 states require male and female work must be “similar”: ü Illinois ü Michigan ü Washington
Equal Pay at the State Level 3 states classify violations as a criminal misdemeanor: ü Michigan ü Montana ü Washington
Moving Equal Pay in Your State 24 states introduced legislation this year: q q q q ü Arkansas California Colorado Delaware Florida Georgia Illinois Kentucky Louisiana q Michigan q Mississippi q Missouri q New Jersey ü New Mexico q New York q North Carolina q Ohio q q q ü q Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia Vermont West Virginia
Moving Equal Pay in Your State • Build relationships – – Hold candidate forums Work with winners of those forums Keep elected officials posted Invite elected officials to events • Know your options – – City council resolutions Fair pay pledges Executive order from governor State legislation • Be a resource – Establish AAUW as the go-to – Share AAWU research – Use the media
Moving Equal Pay in Your State • Connect with other states – Learn what other states are doing – AAUW National can help • Research your state – What’s been done so far – What are the wage gap specifics • Work in coalition – Join with other organizations – Think outside the box – AAUW National can help
Moving Equal Pay in Your State • Hold actions – State lobby day and in-district meetings – Rallies, tabling, and deliveries – House meetings – LTEs, op-eds, and blogs – Tele-town halls and tweet chats – Local Action Network alerts • Be persistent