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Article

22 Jan 2009

Author:
Heather Boushey, Center for American Progress

Equal Pay for Breadwinners - More Men Are Jobless While Women Earn Less for Equal Work

As women increasingly take on the role of breadwinner, ensuring that they get a fair wage is taking on more urgency than ever before... [The] Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act...could not be more timely and more important to the millions of families relying on women’s wages.