Both inside many companies and at the national level, workers largely have been left to sort these issues out on their own. But some places are beginning to take cues from other countries that have already carried out national policies to protect workers who want [...]

Colorado Rocky Mountain PBS highlights findings from the IWPR Status of Women and Girls in Colorado report. Watch>>

Watch - Colorado Rocky Mountain PBS highlights findings from the IWPR Status of Women and Girls in Colorado report. 6/14/2013

The  Equal Pay Act (EPA) was passed 50 years ago, discrimination was, in many ways, openly accepted in the workplace and women were expected to earn less than men in the same jobs. The EPA signed by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963, [...]

  Monday marks 50 years since the Equal Pay Act was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The law stipulates that women must be paid equal wages for equal work. Yet a half century [...]