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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH  29, 1999   10:00 AM
CONTACT:  National Committee on Pay Equity
Evelyn Knolle 202-331-7343
fairpay@aol.com
 
National Committee on Pay Equity Available to Discuss Wage Gap
 
WASHINGTON - March 29 - News Advisory:

Susan Bianchi-Sand, executive director of the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE), is available today (March 29) to discuss the wage gap and wage discrimination in America.

The National Committee on Pay Equity is the national non-profit coalition of labor, women's and civil rights organizations and individuals working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and achieve pay equity. It serves as a national clearinghouse on pay equity information and coordinates the annual national observance of Equal Pay Day. This year Equal Pay Day will be observed on April 8, 1999.

Bianchi-Sand has served as NCPE's executive director for over five years. In addition, she serves as the chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations, the Washington, D.C., coalition of over 110 women's organizations representing 6 million women.

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