MURFREESBORO — Gender
pay inequity will be the topic at the American Association of University
Women’s first branch meeting of 2016.
The Murfreesboro chapter will conduct advocacy training for
closing the gender pay gap from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in Room 101 of MTSU’s
Sam Ingram Building, 2269 Middle Tennessee Blvd.
Branch members with years of experience in public policy
will empower participants with the knowledge necessary to promote equal pay for
equal work.
On Jan. 29, President Obama proposed federal regulations
that would require major companies to report salary statistics by race, gender
and ethnicity. The purpose of the proposal would be to empower the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate and bring legal action against
companies that discriminate.
According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department
of Labor, women working full time in the United States make only 79 cents on
the dollar compared to men. The gap is even greater for women of color.
AAUW maintains a web page devoted to in-depth gender pay gap
research at http://tinyurl.com/ce6qus3.
Dinner will be served at the meeting with a $5 donation.
Contributions of new bath towels will be collected for the Rutherford County
Domestic Violence Program.
For more information, contact Dia Cirillo, president of AAUW
Murfreesboro and public policy chair for AAUW Tennessee, at 773-677-4238 or
AAUWBoroPresident@gmail.com.
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