Equal-pay advocates make a Jill Abramson argument
Jessica Bakeman
ALBANY—Advocates for a package of women's rights legislation pointed to Jill Abramson today as proof that New York needs a law guaranteeing equal pay.
After Abramson was fired from her position as executive editor of The New York Times Wednesday, some reports said her ouster was precipitated in part by her decision to hire a lawyer to determine whether her compensation package was smaller than that of her male predecessor, Bill Keller.
Abramson was the first woman to lead the Times.
“We have this high-profile case in the past few days,” Bev Neufeld, director of the New York City Equal Pay Coalition, said during a news conference advocating passage of the Women's Equality Act. “If something can happen to the top woman in journalism, think of how that affects workers all over the state and the country. They're worried about talking about their pay. They need protections.”
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