https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/582 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3133 <p>The records in this collection focus on comparable worth and job evaluation in state governments. The majority of the collection is comprised of consultants’ proposals to state and local government committees to conduct studies addressing issues of pay equity and job evaluation and ranking systems. Some correspondence exists that documents the evaluation and selection of these proposals by state committees and the national AFSCME office. General information and reports about various job evaluation and ranking methods are included as well as reports from AFSCME about how best to develop comparable worth job systems. Additionally, some training material and more general information on pay equity issues are represented in the collection.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/3133#comments AFSCME Civil service positions--Classification Comparable worth Job evaluation Labor Occupations--Classification Pay equity Women Women in the labor movement Women&#039;s rights Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:11:19 -0400 jruss 3133 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/849 <p>Members of AFSCME Local 101 in San Jose, CA struck for pay equity for women in 1981, the first strike of its kind in the nation. Local 101 had already urged the city government to conduct a pay equity study which revealed sharp disparities in men’s and women’s pay for equally valuable work. The strike succeeded in the city agreeing to remedy this gap.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/849#comments AFSCME AFSCME Women&#039;s Rights Comparable worth Pay equity Sex discrimination Strikes and lockouts Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:04:33 -0400 jruss 849 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/850 <p>Members of AFSCME Local 101 in San Jose, CA struck for pay equity for women in 1981, the first strike of its kind in the nation. Local 101 had already urged the city government to conduct a pay equity study which revealed sharp disparities in men’s and women’s pay for equally valuable work. The strike succeeded in the city agreeing to remedy this gap.</p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/850#comments AFSCME AFSCME Women&#039;s Rights Comparable worth Pay equity Sex discrimination Strikes and lockouts Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:07:56 -0400 jruss 850 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/6881 <p>AFSCME Local 101 members picket San Jose City Hall for pay equity. In July 1981, Local 101 won its campaign, the first ever successful comparable worth strike in the United States. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/6881#comments AFSCME AFSCME Women&#039;s Rights Comparable worth Pay equity Women Women in the labor movement Women&#039;s rights Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:24:17 -0400 jruss 6881 at https://reuther.wayne.edu https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/14371 <p>In celebration of Equal Pay Day on April 2, 2019, podcast host and American Federation of Teachers archivist Dan Golodner recounts a time 100 years ago when male teachers tried, and failed, to prevent female teachers from seeking pay equity with their male peers. AFSCME archivist Stefanie Caloia discusses AFSCME's groundbreaking equal pay campaigns for public employees in the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in Local 101 in San Jose, California and Council 28 in Washington state. <span class='read-more'><a href="https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/14371" target="_blank"><strong>&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</strong></a></span></p> AFSCME American Federation of Teachers Collective bargaining--Municipal employees--United States Collective bargaining--State government employees--United States Comparable worth Equal Pay Act, 1963 Equal pay for equal work Pay equity Public Employees Strikes and lockouts Wage surveys Women employees Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:54:52 -0400 teller 14371 at https://reuther.wayne.edu