NOW and Economic Justice -- Archive

NOW's recent work on economic justice.

2010

• Send a Message to President Obama: Women Need Social Security (12/10)
• Urge Congress to Amend Lopsided Tax Package and Protect Social Security (12/10)
• NOW Urges Senate to Reject Obama Tax Plan: Economy Can Be Stimulated Without Undermining Social Security (12/10)
• Good News and Bad News for Women in Deficit Commission Vote (12/10)
• National Call-In Day to Protect Social Security (11/10)
• "Count On Me" to Help Protect Social Security on Nov. 30 (11/10)
• Paycheck Fairness Act Blocked, Foreshadowing Challenging Future for Women's Equality (11/10)
• Final Countdown for Paycheck Fairness: Call Your Senators on Tuesday, Nov. 16 (11/10)
• NOW Calls On President Obama To Reject Fiscal Commission's Assault On Social Security (11/10)
• The Election and Women's Rights: Don't Compromise, Organize! (11/10)
• Save Our Democracy -- Support the Fair Elections Now Act (10/10)
• Oppose the "Cat Food" Commission -- Build the Campaign Against Raising the Retirement Age (10/10)
• NOW President Delivers Gift and Message to Alan Simpson: Don't Cut Social Security (09/10)
• NOW to Deliver 1,500 "Tits for an Ass" to Alan Simpson (09/10)
• Don't Cut Social Security: NOW Letter to Senate (PDF) (09/10)
• Urge Democratic Women House Members to Sign Letter: Alan Simpson Must Go (09/10)
• NOW Advocates for Paycheck Fairness Act in Letter to Senate (09/10)
• Contact Your Senators - Paycheck Fairness Vote Coming Up! (09/10)
• NOW Applauds Appointment of Elizabeth Warren as Special Advisor for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (09/10)
• NOW Endorses Oct. 2 March on Washington: One Nation Working Together (9/10)
• Join NOW in Calling on President Obama to Fire Alan Simpson (8/10)
• NOW to President Obama: Alan Simpson Must Go (08/10)
• NOW Letter to Tim Geithner re: Elizabeth Warren (08/10)
• Stop the Stealth Attack on Social Security (08/10)
• Time is Running Out - Senate Needs to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act (07/10)
• NOW Participates in Launch of Campaign to Protect and Strengthen Social Security (07/10)
• Watchdog Not Lapdog Needed to Reform Wall Street (07/10)
• NNT Article: Women Pay Steep Price for Benefits of Health Care Reform (05/10)
• NNT Article: Welfare Reauthorization Opens Door to Real Reform (05/10)
• Tired of Waiting? Urge Senate to Vote on Paycheck Fairness Act (04/10)
• Sign on Letter: Co-sponsor and Support the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 182) (PDF) (03/10)
• NOW Calls for Leadership from President Obama on Key Women's Rights Issues (03/10)
• NOW Debates Women's Status on The Economist (02/10)
• NOW Echoes President Obama: Don't Quit on Women (01/10)

2009

• Oppose Senate Finance Committee Health Care Bill (09/09)
• Ted Kennedy -- Women's Rights Strongest Champion in Congress (09/09)
• 2009 National NOW Conference Resolutions: Single-Payer Health Care is an Economic Justice Issue (07/09)
• On Equal Pay Day NOW Calls Attention to Persistent Gender Wage Gap (04/09)
• Below the Belt column by NOW President Kim Gandy: Carrot or Stick? (04/09)
• Letter: "Redirect Excess Defense Spending to Human and Environmental Needs and Job Creation" PDF (04/09)
• Below the Belt column by NOW President Kim Gandy: Economic Recovery: What's NOW Got to Do With It? (03/09)
• Unfinished Business for Fair Pay (02/09)
• Senate Confirms Hilda Solis for U.S. Secretary of Labor (02/09)
• Call on Senate to Confirm Hilda Solis (02/09)
• Feminist Agenda Survey Results: Many Issues Linked in Struggle for Women's Equality (02/09)
• Tell Your Senators to Pass the Economic Recovery Package NOW! (02/09)
• Below the Belt: Out of Touch with Reality (01/09)
• Victory! Obama Signs Fair Pay Act (01/09)
• NOW Applauds the Final Passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Act (01/09)
• Goodyear Tire Gets Away with Pay Discrimination, But Lilly Ledbetter Wins the Day (01/09)
• Inauguration Inspires Feminist Action (01/09)
• Urge Senate To Support Pay Equity (01/09)
• First Victory for Women and Working Families in the 111th Congress (01/09)
• Act Now! Imminent Vote on Fair Pay Legislation (01/09)

2008

• Concerned About How the Recession is Affecting Women? Make Your Voice Heard! (12/08)
• Executive Action Proposals for Women (12/08)
• Read NOW's Feminist Action Agenda and take our short survey (12/08)
• Where's the "Bailout" for the Millions of Women and Children Falling Deeper Into Poverty? (12/08)
• NNT: What the Next President Can Do for Women and Girls (09/08)
• Bush Administration Doesn't Care About Ensuring Women's Equal Pay (09/08)
• House Passes Paycheck Fairness Act: All Eyes on Senate to Pass Legislation to End Unequal Pay (08/08)
• Victory! House Passes Historic Pay Equity Bill (08/08)
• Fair Pay Icon Lilly Ledbetter Wows the NOW Crowd (07/08)
• NO EXCUSES - Women Deserve Fair Pay (07/08)
• Stop Economic Crisis for Women Workers (07/08)
• Summit Brings Activists and Experts Together for Economic Justice for Women (05/08)
• Ledbetter Demands Equal Pay, Congress Attempts to Undo Supreme Court Setback (05/08)
• Republicans Block Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (04/08)
• Summit Brings Activists and Experts Together for Economic Justice (04/08)
• Ask Your Senators: Stop the Home Foreclosure Crisis (03/08)
• Tell the SBA: Support Women-Owned Businesses (02/08)

2007

• Results: Votes for Non-Sexist Car Insurance Win 2nd Place (12/07)
• Testimony at Hearing on Immigration Legislation - NOW Foundation Calls for Justice for Immigrant Women (11/07)
• NOW Foundation Testimony at Congressional Briefing on Social Security and Women (11/07)
• NOW Cheers Clinton Commitment to Tackle "Maternal Profiling" (10/07)
• Below the Belt: The Most Terrible Poverty (10/07)
• NOW Calls on Congress to Remember our Children and Override Presidential Veto (10/07)
• Stop the Sale of Women: Combat Trafficking in the U.S. (09/07)
• Background Information on the Fair Pay Restoration Act (09/07)
• NOW Supports the Fair Pay Restoration Act (08/07)
• House Passes "Ledbetter" Fair Pay Act But Too Soon to Declare Victory (07/07)
• Stop Wage Discrimination and Restore Fairness (07/07)
• Adding Insult to Injury: Let Goodyear Know What You Think (07/07)
• Millions of Families Finally Get a Pay Raise (07/07)
• EEOC Clarifies Prohibition on Maternal Profiling (05/07)
• Supreme Court Moves Backward on Equal Pay (05/07)
• NOW and the Wage Project: Working Toward Pay Equity(05/07)
• Women Lose Millions Due to Wage Gap, NOW Calls for Passage of Pay Equity Legislation (04/07)
• Take Action: Encourage Your Legislators to Co-Sponsor the Paycheck Fairness Act (04/07)
• Bottom Line: Low Minimum Wage Means Millions of Working Poor (01/07)
• Passage of the Minimum Wage Bill – NOW says "It's about time!" (01/07)
• Urgent: Tell Us Why You Need A Higher Minimum Wage (01/07)
• Take Action on the Minimum Wage (01/07)
  • »Read the letter NOW sent to Congress (PDF)
  • »Read the letter NOW sent to Senators (PDF)
• Start a WAGE Club! (01/07)
• Voters Support Reproductive Rights and Minimum Wage (01/07)

2006

• Running Faster to Stay in Place: The Wage Gap is Growing in Some States (12/06)
• Senate Votes Down Appalling Tax Proposal – Momentarily (06/06)
• Proposed EEOC Cuts Will Make a Bad Situation Worse (06/06)
• Take Action: It's Time to Raise the Minimum Wage (5/06)
• On Equal Pay Day, NOW Wants Women to "Get Even" (4/06)
• Wear Red on Tuesday, April 25, For Equal Pay Day (4/06)
• Stalled Bills in Congress are Victories for Women's Rights Advocates (4/06)
• Contact Your Representative - Stop Cuts That Hurt Women and Families (4/06)
• Take Action: Budget Battle Continues With Bush's 2007 Proposed Budget - Contact Congress (2/06)
• Take Action: Thank or Reprimand Your Representative For Their Vote on the Budget Cuts Bill (2/06)
• Reprehensible Budget Slashes Human Needs Programs to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich (2/06)

2005

• Take Action: Senate Passes Budget Cuts (12/05)
• Take Action: Demand Better of FEMA for Katrina Survivors (12/05)
• NOW Joins Protest of Inadequate Response to Hurricane Katrina (12/05)
• Effort to Reinstate Data Collection on Women Workers Stalled (12/05)
• House Passes Budget Cuts - Contact Your Representative (11/05)
• House Budget Vote Postponed (11/05)
• House to Vote Thursday on Devastating Budget Cuts (11/05)
• Congress to Vote on Budget Cuts (10/05)
• Take Action: Oppose Budget Cuts (10/05)
• A Victory for Women! Senate amendment would reinstate data collection for women at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (10/05)
• Take Action: Oppose Harmful Budget Cuts - National Call-In Days Extended (10/05)
• Fight Looms on Budget Cuts, Tax Breaks - Many Programs Slashed(10/05)
• Take Action: Oppose Harmful Budget Cuts and Tax Breaks for Wealthy (10/05)
• NOW Opposes "Disappearing" of Women Workers in Data Collection (10/05)
• The Patriarchy isn't Falling op-ed by Kim Gandy in USA Today, (09/05)
• NOW Board Calls for Disaster Planning Without Discrimination (09/05)
• Bush Wins the CAFTA Battle, Women and Poor Workers Pay the Price (08/05)
• News Release: Bankruptcy Bill Awards Huge Payoff to Credit Card Companies (04/05)
• News Release: NOW Condemns Congressional Efforts to Pass Discriminatory Bankruptcy Bill (04/05)
• Action Alert: Stop the Disastrous Bankruptcy Bill (04/05)
• Action Alert: Senate Slated to Vote on Minimum Wage (3/05)
• Letter Opposing S. 256, the Misleadingly-Named Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (3/05)
• Action Alert: Urge Labor Department to Keep Collecting Data on Women Workers (1/05)
• Editorial by Kim Gandy in the San Francisco Chronicle: Social Security: A 'Reform' Only Wall Street Could Love (1/05)
• Viewpoint: Don't Worry About Your Golden Years, Wall Street's Got Just the Plan for You (1/05)
• NOW Takes Leading Role in Saving Social Security; The Faces of Social Security (1/05)

2004

• Privatizing Social Security Will Hurt Women (12/04)
• NOW Joins Aggressive Campaign to Stop Destruction of Social Security (12/04)
• Only 100 More Years to Reach Equality (12/04)
• Bush's Economic Failure Weakens Middle Class, Deepens Poverty and Harms Women and Families (8/04)
• NOW Blasts Bush Administration for Leaving Millions of Working Families Behind; New Overtime Laws Devastating to Middle- and Lower-Income Americans (8/04)
• NOW Joins Coalition Planning Major Anti-Poverty Rally (8/04)
• Faltering Job Market, Economy Weigh Heavily on Voters' Minds (5/04)
• Poverty Reduction Must Include Reproductive Health Options (5/04)
• Guest Commentary: Stiffing Workers on Overtime Pay (1/04)

2002 - 2003

• What Happened to "No Child Left Behind?" 12 Million Have Been Left Behind! (5/03)
• Pay Equity: A Long Overdue Step in the Road to Equality (4/03)
• Women in Red! Equal Pay Day is April 15 (4/03)
• Bankruptcy Bill Puts Women's Economic Status and Reproductive Rights at Risk (5/02)
• March Brings Attention to Poverty in the U.S. Amid Olympic Spectacle (Summer 2002)
• Pay Equity Still a Dream Worth Pursuing: New Report Shows Glass Ceiling Intact (Summer 2002)
• The Faces of Social Security (Spring 2002)
• Current Economic Downturn Hurts Women (Spring 2002)
• Bush Proposal Would Pay Workfare Recipients Less than Minimum Wage (3/02)
• USA Today Op-Ed by NOW President Kim Gandy: Marriage Is No Panacea (2/02)
• Statement of NOW President Kim Gandy: Women Need Real Economic Security (2/02)
• Activist Victory: Women’s Bureau Regional Offices Won't Close (1/02)

1996 - 2001

• Capitol Hill Custodial Workers Settle Wage Discrimination Lawsuit (12/01)
• The Faces of Social Security (12/01)
• The Voices of Marching Activists Call for Real Answers to Poverty (Winter 2000)
• Support Strong Pay Equity Bill (2/00)
• Film "Outriders" Personalizes Struggle to End Poverty (Spring 2000)
• Viewpoint: Women Most Vulnerable in Social Security Debate (Winter 1999)
• NOW President Patricia Ireland Joins National Leaders In Call to Strengthen Social Security (12/98)
• Statement of NOW President Patricia Ireland On Social Security (12/98)
• Feminists Call for Closing of Wage Gap (5/98)
• Letter to Nike Corporation Regarding Working Conditions in Vietnam, China, and Indonesia
• NOW Activists Support Welfare March On U.N. (10/97)
• Hungry for Justice Campaign against the Welfare Repeal Bill (1996)