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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."
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What planet are you from? The answers are No, No and No. We've worked hard for years to make sure that individuals can't make private agreements. We still have a way to go, and unfortunately, we're getting there.
First high school in Northwest geared to Muslim students to open
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mounting pressures from Muslim parents in the region have prompted the Muslim Educational Trust to open the new coeducational Oregon Islamic Academy - the first high school in the Northwest geared to Muslim students.
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The academy's mission is "to shape the minds and hearts of its students according to the teachings of the Holy Quran and the traditions of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)," the parenthetical phrase an abbreviation for "PraisePiss Be Unto Him."
Because you probably think the implication is that you can’t take of yourself?
This seems almost anachronistic to me. What year is it, 1968?
“If you were with a group of hungry guys, would you want to go to a place...”
...that might be overloaded with female customers? Hmmm. I just might.
“Aside from the fact that this is a pretty good publicity stunt, this story shows the economics illiteracy that runs rampant.”
It’s only for one day, isn’t any different from ‘unaccompanied women get in free,’ and is no more offensive than senior citizen discounts.
Equal pay for equal performance is much more the case in the US than they think, though. Women make less on average due to lifestyle choices and refusing to dedicate their lives to their jobs the way many men do.
Will they be serving smaller portions too due to women's higher rates of obesity?
By giving 93% of their female customers a free case of E-coli?
Thanks to government schools with union oversight, we have idiots reproducing everywhere.
365 days * 23% = 89.5 days, or March 30.
What do we have, a meeting of the Procrastinators club?
Or is this article a month old?
If I was ther, I would make sur emy wife paid for all meals.
but if a guy is paying for her, she eats at full price... right???
Looks like I let my girlfriend buy dinner from here on out.
That isn't a female-centric phenomenon - it applies to anyone who comes across as a passive pushover in salary negotiations. The government can't be in the business of indemnifying people against the consequences of their personality flaws. ;)
Exactly. I make a hell of a lot more than most people period, including most men.
But shhhhh ... don’t tell them that in Oregon! I do like a bargain :)
There! Fixed it!
Acutally, no.
On AVERAGE, women eat 27% less than men, so for the sake of “equality”, will they force feed the women 27% more food also?
The differential is Married woman dropping out and Raising a Family! That skews the numbers.That also means the Pool of Potential CEO’s is less
I never figured out why a Woman tennis Player get the Same prize purse as men when Men have to work 30-405 longer to get the same Prize.
I guess if you look at the WNBA and other woman sports men subsidize the sport From their league Moneys and Because More men watch them than woman. Golf and Tennis especially!
I’ve never been able to figure it out as Oregon folks are nice folks. Maybe “Duck” humor is too subtle for me? They just keep sending them.
Darn them rich evil white men.
We subsidize them for womans Night at ALL the clubs around the world!
Darn them rich evil white men.
We subsidize them for womans Night at ALL the clubs around the world!
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