Local leaders observe Equal Pay Day
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Updated: 5:11 AM Apr 16, 2012
Local leaders observe Equal Pay Day
South Bend, Ind.
South Bend leaders will gather on the steps of the St. Joseph County Courthouse with Mayor Pete Buttigieg to raise awareness about the wage gap between men and women.
Posted: 5:07 AM Apr 16, 2012
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  • by Anonymous on Apr 18, 2012 at 12:02 PM
    Women make the choice to leave the workforce to have kids. It's dumb to think you'd come back 5-6 years later when the kids start school, and your salary will magically be higher than it was in the past.
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  • by Anonymous on Apr 16, 2012 at 11:09 AM
    Wonder if Schmuhl will threaten with arrest those employers whose payrolls don't meet his expectations.
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  • by Thanks for showing up on Apr 16, 2012 at 08:15 AM
    If Pete really believes this is true, then he would have picked a woman as his Chief of Staff. If Pete really, really believed this, then he would not not have run for office himself, he would have devoted his considerable energies and his own financial resources to getting a woman elected Mayor of South Bend.
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      by Jeff on Apr 16, 2012 at 02:31 PM in reply to Thanks for showing up
      You have missed the point completely. It is not about replacing men with women in all jobs, it is about paying women the same as men if they do the same job. A female Chief of Staff should be paid the same as a male Chief of Staff. A woman mayor should be paid the same as a man who is mayor.
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        by Thanks for what? on Apr 16, 2012 at 04:13 PM in reply to Jeff
        But if Pete has the position, then a woman can't. Pete should have run a woman for the position and then served as her C of S. But that would have left Mike Schmul, Buttigieg's childhood chum, without a "worthy job." Looks like SB is raising a new generation of back scratchin' good old boys.
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      by Truth to Power on Apr 16, 2012 at 03:28 PM in reply to Thanks for showing up
      Nothing to see here, Pete's just a guy doing his thing. All he needs to do is smile and look sincere. Beyond that don't expect much.
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  • by Nearly Location: Homeless on Apr 16, 2012 at 08:03 AM
    should be many more at this event, also should not be just about women...the rich get richer!!!
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  • by Jerry Location: Michigan on Apr 16, 2012 at 07:50 AM
    The next Equal Occupational Fatality Day is in 2020. Year 2020 is how far into the future women must work to experience the same number of work-related deaths that men experienced in 2009 alone. http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2010/04/equal-occupational-fatality-death-day.html Now see: "Will the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Help Women?" at http://malemattersusa.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/will-the-ledbetter-fair-pay-act-help-women/
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  • by Anonymous on Apr 16, 2012 at 07:38 AM
    Here's the real deal. if employers are discriminating then they should be sued. But 95% of the time there are reasons why females make less, time on the job, qualifications, etc.
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  • by Anonymous on Apr 16, 2012 at 05:36 AM
    There will be 20 people at this event.
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