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Show On the other side, the Reagan Administration, represented by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, the EEOC and the Department of Justice all have proclaimed their opposition to pay equity. Private organizations ranging from the Eagle Forum to the Chamber of Commerce are actively lobbying against pay equity. While pay equity opponents claimed that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision against AFSCME sounded the death knell for pay equity, advocacy efforts continue undeterred. As the battle lines become more sharply focused, more and more employers are taking a hard look at their pay practices. In 1870, Virginia Penny wrote in How Women Make Money: Married or Single: "In the different departments of woman's labor, both physical and mental, there exists a want of harmony of labor done and the compensation." More than 100 years later, pay equity advocates are determined to eliminate that "want of harmony." Researched and written by Nancy Reder, director of social policy and Deborah Arrindell, senior program analyst, L WVEF. Order from League of Women Voters of the U.S., 1730 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429-1965. Pub. #804, $1.25 ($1.00 for members). ISBN 0-89959-368-2. |
