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Montana Unveils New Plans for Equal Pay for Equal Work

The wage gap remains a generational thing.

But not for long, if Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney, Sheila Hogan and Butte business leaders have their way.

With future generations of girls and women in mind, Cooney and about 20 others pledged to close Montana’s wage gap Monday at Headframe Spirits.

Women working full-time earn 74 percent of what a man in the same position earns, according to a 2014 Census Bureau report.

RENATA BIRKENBUEL Montana Standard

Full Story: http://ravallirepublic.com/missoula/news/state-and-regional/article_9eb36684-dc30-5a7b-ba01-1ccc31d24d2f.html

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