The Common Ills: Episode 126: Equal Pay For Women…Long Way To Go; Government Workers Under Attack; J.D. Scholten

Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Episode 126: Equal Pay For Women…Long Way To Go; Government Workers Under Attack; J.D. Scholten

Yesterday was Equal Pay Day—not a celebratory day but a time, again, to raise a stink that there is still a significant pay gap between men and women in our country: on average in 2018, women were paid 22.6 percent less than men. I talk more about gender pay discrimination with economist Elise Gould.

I, then, speak with Jacque Simon, policy director for the American Federation of Government Employees, about the relatively under-the-radar full-scale Trump attack on the rights of federal workers and their unions.

To wrap up the show, I welcome back J.D. Scholten who came oh so close to defeating the racist Steve King in Iowa’s 4^thCongressional district. J.D. has continued to travel the state, focusing on the issue of poverty.

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Episode 126: Equal Pay For Women…Long Way To Go; Government Workers Under Attack; J.D. Scholten

Episode 126: Yesterday was Equal Pay Day—not a celebratory day but a time, again, to raise a stink that there is still a significant pay gap between men and women in our country: on average in 2018, women were paid 22.6 percent less than men. I talk more about gender pay discrimination with economist Elise Gould. I, then, speak with Jacque Simon, policy director for the American Federation of Government Employees, about the relatively under-the-radar full-scale Trump attack on the rights of federal workers and their unions. To wrap up the show, I welcome back J.D. Scholten who came oh so close to defeating the racist Steve King in Iowa’s 4th Congressional district. J.D. has continued to travel the state, focusing on the issue of poverty.

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