[*FSFFU*] off topic - wage gap

From: Laura Quilter (lquilter@IGC.APC.ORG)
Date: Thu Sep 18 1997 - 12:56:50 PDT


>From IGC, from New York Times, from Bureau of Labor Statistics:

Originally posted in IGC member conference: women.labr
Date: September 15, 1997
Posted by: labornews@igc.org

/* Written 5:28 PM Sep 15, 1997 by labornews@igc.org in women.labr */
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New York Times -- September 15, 1997

WAGE GAP BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN, ONCE NARROWING, IS NOW WIDENING

By TAMAR LEWIN

After nearly two decades in which the wage gap between men and women was
steadily narrowing, it is now widening again, piquing confusion and concern
among economists and women's groups alike.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median weekly earnings of
full-time working women are just under 75 percent of the men's median, down
from 77 percent four years ago.

Laura Quilter / lquilter@igc.apc.org

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