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Tell Congress to Support the Paycheck Fairness Act

In the last ten years, the wage gap has not budged from 23 cents between the average median earnings of men and women. Even worse, working mothers earn a whopping 31 percent less than their male counterparts. The Paycheck Fairness Act would close loopholes and strengthen the Equal Pay Act by prohibiting retaliation against workers who disclose their wages and requiring employers to show that pay disparity is related to job performance and factors other than gender. It also provides greater incentives for eliminating the wage gap and technical assistance to employers as well as important safeguards for small businesses.

Louisiana Courts Matter is a coalition of organizations and individuals working to ensure the expeditious nomination and confirmation of qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the federal bench with judges who will represent a fair, independent and diverse judiciary committed to equal justice under the law.

Louisiana Courts Matter works to:

• Educate our communities and our elected officials about the importance of federal judges who sit on the U.S. District, Circuit and Supreme Courts;
• Inform our communities about the judicial nominations process and the records of judicial nominees who will impact our Constitutional values and fundamental rights;
• Mobilize our communities to speak out and take action on the President’s federal judicial nominees.