Subject: Re: DRAFT: Women's Leadership Forum remarks
From: "Ann O'Leary" <[email-masked]>
To: Mini Timmaraju <[email-masked]>
Cc: Amanda Renteria <[email-masked]>, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]>, Speech Drafts <[email-masked]>, Rachel Vogelstein <[email-masked]>, Jen Klein <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:54:44 -0600
List-Id: <speechdrafts.hillaryclinton.com>

Two things:

(1) Apparently, DOL did release interesting pay disparity numbers today.
See this WSJ piece
<http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/10/20/the-gender-pay-gap-widens-as-mens-earnings-grow-twice-as-fast-as-womens/>.
I think it would be good to add a line that says, "Yesterday, the US
Department of Labor released new data showing that our economy is getting
stronger, but that increases in pay for men and women are not growing at
the same rate. Men who work full-time saw their pay increase at more than
double the rate of women. With more than 2/3rds of our families relying on
the income of women to keep their families afloat, this unequal pay growth
hurts women, our families and our economy. Equal pay must be a priority if
we are going to have a strong economy and strong families."

(2)  For the Paul Ryan paragraph, instead of "flexibility," I'd focus that
he was asking for a fair and predictable schedule - something that our
low-wage workers are desperate to get.  So change to:

Paid family leave; schedules that are fair and predictable; higher wages so
you don’t have to work two jobs to make ends meet, so you can be home at
night with your kids – these aren’t just challenges for women, they’re
challenges for America.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Mini Timmaraju <
[email-masked]> wrote:

> Just checked in with Megan. Looks great.
>
> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:32 PM, Amanda Renteria <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
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>> +Mini
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>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Megan Rooney <[email-masked]
>> > wrote:
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>>> Hi all -- this is for tomorrow morning.  It really can't be longer than
>>> this (there are a million speakers) so please keep that in mind as you read.
>>>
>>> If you could send me edits asap, I can get them into the book.
>>> Otherwise, send edits anytime tonight and I'll get them into the final.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
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