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FISTS OF IRON

“Where I’ve seen the Democratic Party get better is when they were pushed there and pulled there by young people, by Black Lives Matter, by Latino Victory, by the Victory Fund, by HRC.”

Last June, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a historic equal pay executive order demanding employers base salaries on job responsibilities and clearly explain pay ranges on job postings, as well as prohibiting companies from requiring applicants to provide salary histories. The new law is a huge step in the state toward ending the gender wage gap that can disadvantage women when buying homes, paying for college, and caring for

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