Create year-round awareness of pay equity issues.
WAGE Clubs are a grassroots effort designed to help close the wage gap and get women paid fairly at work. AAUW is joining forces with our coalition partners to promote the clubs as a year-round activity that raises awareness about pay equity issues.
What is a WAGE Club?
WAGE Clubs are groups of 5-10 women who come together in a safe place where they can obtain support from other women as they share personal stories about sex discrimination at work, gather information, build allies, then go to the top to create change in their workplaces.
AAUW branches are encouraged to join this effort by committing to launch a WAGE club in their communities and/or their workplaces.
How do I Start a WAGE Club?
Starting a WAGE Club is easy. Simply set a date, invite women, and your WAGE Club is born.
Using an easy-to-follow group discussion guide (PDF) developed by The WAGE Project, WAGE Club members gather regularly to participate in a series of discussions and strategy sessions to help each other take action to help close the wage gap in their workplaces.
What does WAGE stand for?
WAGE Clubs were developed by The WAGE Project, an organization established for one purpose: to end discrimination against women in the American workplace in the near future. The nickname, WAGE, reminds us of the goal we pursue: Women Are Getting Even. WAGE is led by Evelyn F. Murphy, author of Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men and What To Do About It.
Starting a WAGE Club? Let us know.
Plan to launch a WAGE club for Equal Pay Day next year (April 22, 2008) and be part of a nationwide media strategy designed to raise awareness about the wage gap. Please let us know if you intend to start a club so we can announce our progress at a press conference on Equal Pay Day this year.
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