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Joyce Johnson Statement on Defeat of the Paycheck Fairness Act

The following is a statement from Joyce Johnson on yesterday’s defeat of the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA): “I am deeply disappointed by yesterday’s defeat in the Senate of the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would have effectively helped to close the gender wage gap and protect women and people of color from unfair and unequal workplace [...]

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I applaud President Obama for officially declaring today, April 17 ’Equal Pay Day,‘ a day on which we champion the fundamental right of all women to fair and equal compensation in the workplace. Even in the 21st Century achieving equal pay for equal work remains an uphill battle: on average women make a mere $0.77 to the dollar that a [...]

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Joyce Johnson on President’s Declaration of National Equal Pay Day

2012 Congressional Candidate Joyce Johnson on President Obama’s Declaration of  April 17 as National Equal Pay Day New York, NY – ”I applaud President Obama for officially declaring today,April 17 ’Equal Pay Day,‘ a day on which we champion the fundamental right of all women to fair and equal compensation in the workplace. Even in the 21st Century achieving equal pay [...]

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Power of the purse: Show Rush and his sponsors enough is enough

The following is a statement from Joyce S. Johnson, 2012 Congressional Candidate in NY’s 15th C.D., on Rush Limbaugh’s Attacks on Georgetown University student Sandra Fluke: “I was deeply disturbed and appalled to hear of Rush Limbaugh’s shocking remarks towards Georgetown University Student Sandra Fluke. Not only did his comments display a shameful misogyny towards women, they demonstrated an [...]

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