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National Campaign to Close the Wage Gap

10 Things You Can Do to Close the Wage Gap

1. Join the United for a Fair Economy Cluster Network to receive periodic issue updates.

2. Write an op-ed or letter to the editor on the issue.

3. Send a postcard to your Congressional Representative telling them to support and co-sponsor the Income Equity Act (H.R. 740) and legislation to raise the minimum wage.

4. Organize a Wage Gap Hearing and invite elected officials. Ask them to support legislation to close the wage gap.

5. Host an educational "Growing Divide" workshop for your religious, civic, or community group.

6. If you or an organization you are part of (religious congregation, union, school) own stock, initiate a shareholder resolution to address excessive CEO compensation at a selected corporation.

7. Get your organization to endorse the Wage Gap Campaign.
(List of key member organizations and campaign steering committee.)

8. Select a local corporation with an especially large CEO-Worker pay gap. Hold pickets outside that company's headquarters. (For information on researching executive pay, point your web browser to the AFL-CIO's Paywatch website.It is especially effective if you choose a corporation that has recently downsized.

9. Mount a letter-writing campaign to the money manager at your favorite religious organization, union, university, foundation, or mutual fund demanding divestiture from corporations with large pay gaps.

10. Organize a Campus Living Wage Campaign on your college campus.

Additional Resources for the Wage Gap Campaign

Summary of the Growing Income Inequality Problem
An article by UFE Co-Director, Chuck Collins.

Divided Decade: Economic Disparity at the Century's Turn (12/15/99) More billionaires, more bankruptcies: New UFE report shows the record-breaking economic boom of the 1990s has left Americans more polarized and debt-ridden.

The Income Equity Act Home Page
A Message from Congressman Sabo, author of the Income Equity Act, plus speeches and articles on the income gap.

Executive Excess �
1998 Study Documents Current Relationship between CEO Pay and Top Job-Cutting Firms.

Executive Excess �: CEOs Gain From Massive Downsizing
1997 Study Documents Extravagant CEO Pay at Top Job-Cutting Firms

Wage Gap Organizing Kit
Order the full kit now!  Includes legislative profiles, action ideas, talking points, organizing tips, and more!

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