"But equal wages for equal work — that's really what drove me away".
For instance, Card believes that it is more important to prevent the evils of domestic violence than it is to ensure that women and men are paid equal wages for equal work (Card 2002, 96 117).
The military was the only place where women could get paid equal wages for equal work (because everyone thought they were men).
SodaStream officials say its product is good for the environment, and that its factory sustains 500 Palestinian jobs and promotes reconciliation by having Israelis and Palestinians working side by side and earning equal wages for equal work.
Early this year, it became the first nation to require employers to prove they are paying women equal wages for equal work, fining business that fail to do so.
Even though Warren has repeatedly denied any intention for a 2016 presidential bid, her speech was reminiscent of a political agenda as it touched on topics including regulation of big banks on Wall Street by closing tax loopholes on the rich, the need for immigration reform, an increase in the federal minimum wage, "equal pay for equal work," student debt and marriage equality.
To rise out of poverty, women need job training and job programs; an increased minimum wage; equal pay for equal work; and family justice programs including child care, paid family leave, paid sick leave and flexible work schedules.
And how can a political party that claims to believe that equality in our society is an ideal to work towards achieving (and, to that end, that we all have the right to access to affordable healthcare, a living wage, equal pay for equal work, paid family and sick leave, and affordable childcare), in the same breath support the undermining of women's rights?
A European pact on wages, guaranteeing equal pay for equal work and setting out the need for decent minimum wages in all EU member states, agreed either by law or through collective bargaining and applying both to citizens and migrant workers.
These are in turn defined as fair wages with equal pay for equal work, sufficient to provide a decent living for workers and their dependants; safe working conditions; equal opportunity in the workplace; and sufficient rest and leisure, including limited working hours and regular, paid holidays.
So, an economic message that includes advancing policies that will close the wage gap, raise the minimum wage, ensure equal pay for equal work, create jobs, make education affordable and ensure health care as a human right is a message that cuts across demographics.
