ERA will honor the Bay Area Equal Pay Collaborative as Equal Pay Leaders at our June 13 Anniversary Luncheon.   We are so proud to be part of a coalition of groups doing so much to promote fair pay practices in the Bay Area.

In 2011, ERA started working with an informal coalition of Bay Area women’s advocacy groups and government agencies to develop a series of events around Equal Pay Day.  The group formalized their coalition in 2012 to become the Bay Area Equal Pay Collaborative (BA=$C) to promote fair pay practices among employers and to increase awareness and empowerment around fair pay issues through events and trainings.  The group spans from Santa Clara County to San Francisco and the East Bay and is working on a calendar of events to continue its fight for equal pay for all women.

BA=$C Member Esther Peralez-Dieckmann from the Santa Clara County Office of Women’s Policy applauds ERA’s role in the Collaborative:  “Since 1974, ERA has stood by women of all ages and all walks of life.  ERA has improved the lives of countless women and families across the country through effective education, support, and legal advocacy.  Women like a female hotel worker in San Jose, who recently testified, ‘Making a living at 65 should not have to be painful or humiliating.’  BA=$C thanks ERA for its contributions to the fight for equal pay and workplace justice.”

Members:  Equal Rights Advocates, Coalition for Equal Pay, Katherine & George Alexander Community Law Center, Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, the Santa Clara County Office of Women’s Policy, U.S. DOL Women’s Bureau- Region 9, U.S. DOL Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs-Region 9, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, San Francisco District.

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