Posted on 04/22/2007 4:35:55 PM PDT by Lorianne
At least five restaurants here say they will drop prices for women patrons by 23 percent Tuesday to reflect a conclusion that American women, on average, earn that much less than men.
"I was in the corporate world before we moved to Baker City," said Brandi Ulrey, who with her husband Jake owns the Baker City Cafe.
"I understand how it is to earn a smaller paycheck than a man." The cafe will be joined by the Main Event, Little Pig, Chamealeon and L&J Deli.
The event sponsor, the American Association of American Women, says 23 percent of the year will have passed, and that that's how many extra days women would have to work this year to make what similarly trained and educated men would make. The association has a Baker County chapter.
The advocacy organization plans to release a study on pay equity Monday.
Ulrey said the discount is more about creating awareness than making a difference in a life.
"There are so many women who are in the same boat. It's our duty as business owners and leaders in the community to make people understand the disparity," she said.
Jay Raffety, owner of The Main Event, says he is fully supportive.
"This is a good thing the AAUW is doing," he said. "We're hoping quite a few women will come in that day."
Liz Estabrooks, the local event organizer, said many working women shy away from pushing the pay equity issue for fear of being fired.
"Pay equity is protected by law, but it's like sexual harassment," she said. "Women tend not to fight it because they might lose their job."
An AAUW survey concludes that many employers are unwilling to promote young women because they may leave to have children and may prioritize family over work.
"It's always been used as an excuse, that women are on a different career track," Estabrooks said. "It's also been used as an excuse not to hire women, because they'd just quit anyway or at least take time off to have their babies. It's a lot like the illegal alien issue," she added.
"Bosses figure they'll pay you less because you'll take less. Then people get mad at them because they will work for less."
That's the only legitimate statement here:
Illegal aliens are subsidized by others, just as this lowering of prices for a "select class" (in this case, women) is born by the other non-protected classes. In other words, it's just shifting the costs to others....
That's the only legitimate statement here:
Illegal aliens are subsidized by others, just as this lowering of prices for a "select class" (in this case, women) is born by the other non-protected classes. In other words, it's just shifting the costs to others....
And I bet they force all their women serving staff to work overtime at straight time to handle the extra crowd this exploitive advertizing brings in.
The real test is not average pay but pay for equivalent jobs.
So unemployed women should get to eat for free since their salary is a lot lower than a man’s.
I’ll betcha this is a violation of Oregon law. Most states now have these silly laws which state that you can’t discriminate against customers based on their gender. Liberal legislatures thought it was cute to pass such laws in order to enable people to go after businesses such as dry cleaners who were charging different prices for clothing based on whether they were mens or womenes clothing.
They are fools.
Brandi’s husband is a bigger fool than his wife is he is going along with it. Money is money and that’s what most businesses are out to make, period. PC crap like this makes me avoid these types of businesses.
HOw will they "reflect" that little inconvenient statistic?
Was your education level and experience the same?
I wonder if they factor in the government benefits that are only available to single mothers and their kids. I bet you get a different picture then.
Should a private enterprise be allowed to charge whatever they want? Should a private enterprise be allowed to pay whatever they want? Should an individual be allowed to work at whatever wage they are willing to accept?
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
LoL! Sounds like you're in a stalemate situation.
I do not think Oregon will ever change-you sent Wayne Morse to the Senate.
The answer to this is to simply say that you are a woman and demand the female rate. If they argue with you, challenge their fascist notions of sexual identity. That should be good for a laugh.
But it's not the SAME job, is it.
You probably make ten times more than some guy sweating it out at a brick factory. I'll bet he works ten times harder than you do. Shouldn't he get the same pay as you or more?
I’m sure the Commerce and Justice Departments will have something pretty negative to say about discriminatory pricing based on sex in interstate public accommodations.
But since this is a liberal policy, it must be okay.
Thought so.
Why don’t restaurants drop the tip scam and pay their own employees? Sheesh. Come to my business and pay my employees. Right.
I hope they go broke.
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