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DC-Area Moms and Families Deliver Thousands of Women’s Resumes to Senator McCain’s Office

June 17, 2008
Equal Pay

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Local Moms to Deliver Thousands of Women’s Resumes to Senator’s Office Thursday
In late April, the U.S. Senate voted on the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, legislation that would loosen the restrictions on the length of time in which workers could file pay discrimination claims against their employers. On the campaign trail at the time, Senator John McCain refused to return to Washington, DC to vote on the measure (unlike two other U.S. Senators who were also campaigning for President), commenting instead that he opposed the Fair Pay Act and that what women really needed was “more training and education.” Ultimately, a filibuster in the Senate prevented the bill from coming to a vote.
 
To educate Senator McCain about the large number of extremely qualified and capable women who deserve not only pay equity, but the ability to file claims if their employers discriminate against them in pay or promotions, several Washington DC-area moms wearing “Magnificently Overqualified Mother” sashes will deliver their resumes and the resumes of thousands of other MomsRising.org members to the Senator’s office. The “Magnificently Overqualified Mothers” and some of their kids will meet to visit the Senator at:
 
11:30 AM, June 17
Russell Senate Office Building
Delaware and Constitution Avenues
Washington, DC
 
MomsRising.org encouraged its members to send a message to Senator McCain by sending in their resumes. More than 20,000 members obliged with skills and educational backgrounds ranging from Harvard MBAs to doctorates in neuropsychology.
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.