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	The Friends Group Home Membership Form Pasadena Commission on the Status of Women Official Page Click on "Agenda" Icon for current meeting agenda NEW SEXUAL HARASSMENT MATERIAL Development of Sexual Harassment Law Sexual Harassment Prevention Tool Kit AB1825 Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training Every 2 Years Take the Sexual Harassment Prognosis Quiz Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Sexual Harassment Prevention Workshops Economic Violence Video Project Video Project Premier Order Video and Study Guide Equal Employment NEW Related Links Editorial Page		Equal Employment Page "...Wherever I go, working women tell me that pay is one of their biggest workplace concerns and that they feel that they are not fairly paid for their work. And we must remember that women's earnings are important not just for them but to their family's income. When women are not paid equally, the whole family suffers. Nearly one in five U.S. families is headed by a single woman. In more than one-half of married couple families, both husband and wife work, and nearly 7 out of 10 women with children work. Working women are entitled to equal employment opportunity on the job and to pay that is free of discrimination, including the right to equal pay for equal work...More women in the United States are in the labor force than ever before -- 65 million. Yet women often are not paid as much as men for the work they do. While the size of the wage gap varies depending on occupation, 1999 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data show that the median weekly wage and salary earnings of women working full-time were only 76.5 of that for men in comparable situations..." Read the complete Statement of Irasema Garza, former Director of the Women's Bureau, who spoke before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Regarding Equal Pay, June 22, 2000.