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Signature Event
EQUAL PAY DAY
April 2009
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Each year, BPW/USA
members and advocates across the country organize Equal Pay Day activities and
events in April to bring attention to the issue of pay equity. Equal Pay Day is
held annually in April to signify the point into a year that a woman must work
to earn what a man made the previous year. According to the 2006 Census Bureau,
women on average earn 77 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts.
For women of color, the wage gap worsens: African American women make 66 cents,
Latinas make 55 cents and Asian American women make 80 cents. |
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BPW/Washington PAC
The Political Arm of BPW/WA
Business and Professional Women/WA
established a Political Action
Committee (BPW/PAC). BPW/WA PAC
assists women and male candidates
who support BPW's legislative
platform by providing campaign
contributions and endorsements.
Through BPW/WA PAC, individual
members can join together and show
the collective force of BPW in
local, state and national political
process.
Candidates seeking a BPW/PAC
endorsement should download and fill
out the Candidate Questionnaire
below. Applications
should be submitted by June 1st for
Primary Election Candidates and
August 1st for the General Election
Candidates.
Endorsement
Request Form
WA Legislative
Platform Endorsement
BPW Members Can Make a
Difference
BPW/WA PAC serves as the financial
muscle behind BPW's national
legislative agenda, and is supported
solely by voluntary contributions
from BPW members. To contribute,
please print out the BPW/WA PAC
Contribution Transmittal Form and
send a personal check, traveler's
check or money order to:
BPW/WA PAC:
PO Box 13292 Everett WA 98206-3292
Contact: Dottie Cainion, BPW/WA
PAC Chair, polkadottie1@comcast.net
Contribution
Transmittal Form
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