Subject: President Obama: "When women succeed, America succeeds."
From: "The White House" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:53:14 -0500

The White House Friday, April 11, 2014 

President Obama: "When women succeed, America succeeds."

Kay Morrison is 90 years old. And in 1943, when she worked as a journeyman welder on the assembly line at Kaiser Shipyard #2 in Richmond, California, she earned the same wage as the man working the graveyard shift alongside her.

As Kay said, "it can be the same today."

And yet, on average, full-time working women earn just 77 cents for every dollar earned by men.

Earning equal pay starts with a conversation -- and that's why, this week, President Obama signed an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against employees who choose to discuss their pay.

*Watch the President -- and Kay -- speak about this issue. And if you learned something new, pass it on: [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/time-for-equal-pay?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email320-text&utm_campaign=equalpay ]*

In 2014, it's time for equal pay for equal work. [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/time-for-equal-pay?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email320-graphic&utm_campaign=equalpay ]

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