By Paul E. Almeida, President, Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
Equal Pay Day is April 9th and a good time to reflect on the 1963 passage of the Equal Pay Act. In short, the law prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who are performing similar work under similar conditions. Each year since this law was passed, the Department of Labor has issued a report on the gap between the pay of men and women. … Read the rest
Today, April 9th, is Equal Pay Day. Tuesday was selected to represent how far into the work week women must work to earn what men earned the previous week. Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men’s and women’s wages. Because women earn less, on average, than men, they must work longer for the same amount of pay.
The wage gap remained … Read the rest
Taking cues from cost-of-living adjustments or the Consumer Price Index, ten states have raised their minimum wages:
By Sandra Smith Rosado, MLS
Minimum salary guidelines are a positive way to promote the value and professionalism of a career path, as well as to support decent salaries and help workers earn appropriate wages. The Connecticut Library Association (CLA) has supported a minimum salary guideline for entry-level MLS librarians for many years. While it is not a guarantee of a specific salary for a CT librarian, it is a guideline used by many employers to help them choose a … Read the rest
By Jennifer Dorning
On December 12, 2012, Michigan took a huge step back in the fight for better wages, benefits and working conditions for its workers. Michigan joined 23 other states in the race to lower wages, health and pension benefits for workers.
So called “right-to-work” laws prohibit the requirement that all workers who benefit from a collective bargaining agreement pay for the cost of administering the agreement. Right-to-work laws are generally supported by corporate interests who don’t want to … Read the rest
According to the newly-released 2012 ALA-APA Salary Survey: Librarian – Public and Academic, average salaries for librarians have increased less than one percent. Survey responses from public and academic libraries in all 50 states and the District of Columbia indicate that salaries range from $22,000 in public libraries to more than $258,000, with the highest salary earners being library directors in university libraries.
The Salary Survey shows aggregated data from 11,315 individual salaries and 618 libraries. Data is shown … Read the rest
By Daniel S. Weinberg and Cassandra Stigger
The Gary Public Library (GPL) in Gary, Indiana, has struggled to absorb drastic budget cuts that have significantly limited community access to Gary’s libraries and services. The cuts resulted from a 40 percent reduction in the GPL budget, itself a result of reduced property tax collection and a tax cap.
Gary is a mid-size community, with a 2010 population of 80,000, and the community relies heavily on the GPL and its services. Nearly … Read the rest
The next Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 17, 2012. This date symbolizes how far into 2012 women must work to earn what men earned in 2011. Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men’s and women’s wages. Because women earn less, on average, than men, they must work longer for the same amount of pay. The wage gap is even greater … Read the rest
Texas A&M University Libraries announced that they will award up to a 4 percent salary increase to any library support staff members who complete the Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program. Employees must show the relevancy of LSSC to their job and must receive advance approval.
Texas A&M’s Charles Gilreath, interim dean of libraries, said, “We have been waiting for this opportunity for some time. Texas A&M University regulation allows skill enhancement pay for many of our employees, but until now, we did … Read the rest
Work in Progress, the official blog of the U.S. Department of Labor, announces the launch of The Equal Pay App Challenge, a national competition “to develop software applications, or ‘apps,’ that leverage public data to promote equal pay for men and women.” The competition is co-administered by the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force,
According to Work in Progress, competitive entries will increase access to pay data; provide interactive tools that can facilitate early career coaching; provide … Read the rest
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