| Statewide
Members
The
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
NY
State Federation of Business & Professional Women's Clubs
(BPW)
Civil
Service Employees Association (CSEA)
Coalition
of Labor Union Women (CLUW)
District Council
37 (AFSCME)
League
of Women Voters, NYS (LWV)
National
Organization for Women (NOW, NYS)
NYS
Girl Scout Legislative Network
NY
State United Teachers (NYSUT)
Service Employees International Union
(SEIU)
United
Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU)
United
University Professionals
Women's
Sports Foundation
Regional
Members
Coalition
of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU - Nassau)
Long
Island Women's Agenda (LIWA)
Long
Island Progressive Coalition
NAACP,
Islip Town Branch
Working
Families Party,
Nassau County
Founding
Member
Women on the Job Task Force
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Dear
Pay Equity Advocate:
The New
York State Pay Equity Coalition (NYSPEC) invites your participation
in a growing effort to achieve passage of pay equity legislation
in New York State. The Coalition was formed in 2000 through
the initiative of the Women on the Job Task Force, a Long
Island-based coalition of approximately 60 diverse organizations.
The Coalition's work and influence will be strengthened by
the inclusion of a group such as yours in this advocacy effort.
As you can see, Coalition members include regional and state
affiliated organizations.
At the
time of its formation, NYSPEC directed its education and advocacy
efforts to getting four bills passed by the State Senate that
were repeatedly passed by State Assembly. This year, the Coalition
added a fifth bill, the New York Fair Pay Act to its Pay Equity
Package, to address race as well as gender discrimination.
*See attached list for bills in the Pay Equity Package
We know,
historically, that jobs held predominantly by female and/or
minority workers, such as clericals, nurses aides, food service
workers, and child care workers, still offer significantly
lower pay than jobs of comparable skills, effort and responsibilities
which are not sex and/or race segregated. Passage of the five
bills included in the NYSPEC Pay Equity Package will establish
the principle of equal pay for work of equal value in collective
bargaining and improve the process through which aggrieved
workers seek remedies for wage discrimination.
We look
forward to working together on this project. Please contact
us (by e-mail: wojtf@optonline.net
or by phone: 516-883-1691) with your questions or to send
us the names of individuals who would represent your organization
and participate in the Coalition. As soon as you agree to
join, we would be pleased to list your organization on the
NYSPEC letterhead. That will inform New York voters, workers
and lawmakers that you are part of an important coalition
of organizations working together to achieve pay equity for
all women, minority workers and their families in New York
State.
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