April 2 is Pay Equity Day in Wisconsin
Marking the day women would, on average, have to work until to equal the wage earned by a man in calendar year 2018.
Equal Pay
Scott Walker: The Pay Inequality Governor
While Wisconsin Women Earned Less Than Men, Scott Walker and GOP Repealed State Equal Pay Law.
Michael Screnock’s Candidacy Not Thing to Celebrate on International Women’s Day
We must acknowledge the work left to do to achieve gender equality and the challenges to overcome, like men such as Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock.
Gender Wage Gap Means Steeper Student Loan Debt Burden for Women
The gender pay gap highlighted today also means greater student loan debt burdens for women as a percentage of their income and longer repayment terms.
Rep. Ed Brooks Gives Wisconsin Women ‘A Lot of Reasons’ to Question His Agenda
When asked about equal pay, Brooks said, “If you dig down, there may be a lot of reasons why a man is getting paid more than a woman.”
Analiese Eicher: Gender pay gap adds to student loan debt crisis for Wisconsin women
Gov. Scott Walker and the people voting for his backward policies are failing Wisconsin women. [Capital Times]
The Reality of Scott Walker’s Record on Reproductive Health
The totality of Gov. Scott Walker’s actions on reproductive health and women’s economic opportunity rank him as one of, if not the, worst politician in America for women.
Women’s Issues
Gov. Scott Walker’s actions have repeatedly undermined women in Wisconsin when it comes to healthcare and economic freedom.
Five Debate Questions for Brad Schimel
In advance of this afternoon’s first Attorney General, One Wisconsin Now has proposed a series of questions Schimel should answer to the people of Wisconsin.
WMC Doubles Down on Attacks on Wisconsin Women
A top lobbyist at Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce unleashed an angry tirade at a Tuesday press conference held by women opposing WMC’s attacks on pay equity in Wisconsin.
WMC Scrubs Controversial Graphic Attacking Pay Equity From Website
Less than 24 hours after leaders called out WMC for attacking pay equity supporters as radical and anti-business, it appears WMC has scrubbed their website and taken down their graphic insulting supporters of equal pay.
Leaders Tell WMC Equal Pay is Good for Business
It’s offensive that WMC is trying to raise money off the suggestion that equal pay is a radical idea and it’s disappointing to think that Wisconsin businesses would contribute to such campaign.
Schimel Attacks Against Happ Come From Electeds with Long Anti-Women’s Equality Record
The GOP officials who attacked Jefferson Co. DA Susan Happ on behalf of Brad Schimel have a long record of voting against women’s equality.
Workplace and Health Care Gender Inequality, Not Jobs, Making a ‘Wisconsin Comeback’ With the Regressive Policies of Gov. Scott Walker
Gov. Scott Walker, who plunged the state to last in the Midwest in jobs on his watch, is touting a “Wisconsin comeback” in his stump speeches and TV ads.
National Equal Pay Day Update: Are Gov. Walker and GOP Making Wisconsin Less Equal?
Instead of trying to help, Gov. Walker and the legislature have taken Wisconsin backwards and put us alongside Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi and Utah as the only five states lacking equal pay protections in state law.
National Progress Now ‘March Badness’ Tourney Reaches Finale
Progress Now affiliates One Wisconsin Now and Pennsylvania’s Keystone Progress are wagering a selection of their state’s craft brews that their Governor will prevail as the worst of the worst.
Will Wisconsin Senate GOP Advance Bill to Repeal Weekend?
State Sen. Glenn Grothman convened a legislative committee hearing today on legislation he authored to repeal a nearly century-old day of rest requirement for manufacturing industry employees.
Jerry Bader Jumps on the Right-Wing Bully Bandwagon
MADISON, Wis. — Green Bay radio talk show host Jerry Bader, on his June 18 show, jumped on state Republicans’ bullying bandwagon in the debate over a series of radical anti-women’s health care bills rushed through the legislature. Bader, previously suspended from the air for comments about another woman elected official, launched a bullying attack […]
Research Shows Trillion Dollar Student Loan Debt Crisis Hurts Economy, Falls More Heavily on Women Grads
One trillion dollars in student loan debt is a bad thing for Wisconsin and the country. It is only made worse by that burden falling more heavily on women because of a gender pay gap.
Will Millennials Use Our Power on November 6?
From skyrocketing student loan debt, to the gender wage-gap, the incentive for the under 30-years-old, or so-called Millennials to vote is there.
John Macco On Equal Pay for Women: Doesn’t Get It or Doesn’t Care?
MADISON, Wis. — At a public forum this week, State Senate candidate John Macco supported the repeal of Wisconsin ‘s equal pay law. Despite reports that full-time working women lose over $9 million annually in Wisconsin as a result of a gender pay gap and a new, national study finding women were paid only 82% […]
Simple Questions Rick Gudex Must Address
There’s no question Rick Gudex supports some of the most extreme policies we’ve seen in recent memory in Wisconsin. He needs to come clean and explain to the public why he does and why he’s been lying to them about it.
The Real Ryan Record: Failure, Fraud, Fealty
Rep. Paul Ryan’s carefully crafted wonkish persona belies an abysmal record of failure and regressive social and economic agenda. The Real Ryan Record is failure, fraud and fealty to party bosses.
McCain’s Economic, Health Care Record a Disaster for Women
“With costs skyrocketing, the last thing we need is a scheme that hikes our costs and keeps low-income families and people with pre-existing conditions from having care.
Sen. McCain’s Bad Equal Pay Policy Hurting Wisconsin Families
One Wisconsin Now is marking the 45th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act’s passage by calling on Senator John McCain to promote policies in the U.S. Senate that close the pay gap between women and men once and for all.