PAY EQUITY COALITION OF MINNESOTA
Mission: To eliminate the wage gap between women and men employed full time
in Minnesota's paid labor force. We do this by educating the public about
unfair gender based pay inequities and advocating for social change.
Visit our blog at womenpayequity.blogspot.com
About the Pay Equity Coalition
The Pay Equity Coalition of Minnesota is an unincorporated network of organizations and individuals. The group came together initially to support the State Government Pay Equity Act of 1982 (M.S. 43A) and Local Government Pay Equity Act of 1984 (M.S. 471.991 – 471.999). Both of these laws are unique in the nation, and both continue to be monitored and enforced. The result is most visible in state government employment, where average earnings for female employees has increased from 72% of earnings for male employees in 1982 to 97% of earnings for male employees in 2006.Contact Us
To join the Pay Equity Coalition and receive email notices of current activity, write President Patty Tanji, ptanji@aol.com. Our mailing address for donations and other business is c/o Minnesota Women’s Consortium, 550 Rice Street, St. Paul 55103.National Pay Equity Activity
For information about national and international pay equity initiatives, go to www.pay-equity.orgResources
The Office on the Economic Status of Women in the Minnesota Legislature has a report on pay equity on its website, www.oesw.leg.mn.The Pay Equity Coalition is a member organization of the Minnesota Women’s Consortium. Many other member groups, including the Association of University Women, Minnesota Business Women, League of Women Voters, and others have been long-time supporters of pay equity. Visit the Consortium website, www.mnwomen.org, for contact information for these and other groups committed to economic equality for women.
The Minnesota Department of Employee Relations Pay Equity Unit offers technical assistance, instructions for job evaluation, pay analysis, completing pay equity reports, a free Job Match evaluation system, and free computer software for pay analysis www.mmb.state.mn.us/comp-pay-equity or Pay Equity Coordinator Faith Zwemke, Faith.Zwemke@state.mn.us, or 651/259-3761.