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ACLU Letter to House in Support of the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338) (07/30/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists and members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we urge you to support the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338) and to oppose any weakening amendments or any motion to recommit. H.R. 1338 amends the Equal Pay Act, one of the primary laws addressing pay discrimination. Because of this bill’s critical role in promoting fairness for American workers, the ACLU intends to score this vote.

ACLU Letter to House Education & Labor Committee in Support of the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338) (07/24/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, a non-partisan organization with hundreds of thousands of activists and members and 53 affiliates nationwide, we thank you for your leadership in bringing the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338) before the Committee. We urge members of the Committee to support Representative Miller’s substitute bill and to oppose any weakening amendments. H.R. 1338, as amended, would update the Equal Pay Act, one of the primary laws addressing pay discrimination.

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging A Yes Vote on H.R. 2831, The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (04/21/2008)

ACLU Comments Submitted to the US Department of Labor on the Family Medical Leave Act (04/11/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and its hundreds of thousands of members, activists, and fifty-three affiliates nationwide, we thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments dated February 11, 2008. The ACLU strongly concurs with the comprehensive comments submitted today by the National Partnership for Women and Families and the other signatories to their letter. We support and agree with their discussion of and recommendations regarding the proposed rules, especially with respect to those issues the ACLU raised in our response, dated February 16, 2007, to the DOL’s Request for Information. We are also submitting this letter to echo and amplify the National Partnership's comments with respect to the proposed rules relating to medical privacy and waiver of judicial or agency review of settlement agreements.

ACLU Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Leadership in Support of Fair Pay Restoration Act (01/22/2008)
On behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and its hundreds of thousands of members, activists, and fifty-three affiliates nationwide, we thank the Committee for holding a hearing on S. 1843, the “Fair Pay Restoration Act.” S. 1843, whose companion measure, H.R. 2831, passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2007, is necessary to ensure that victims of workplace discrimination receive effective remedies. We urge the Committee to support S. 1843 in order to fix a recent Supreme Court decision that undermines protections against discrimination in compensation that have been bedrock principles of civil rights laws for decades.

Letter to David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the U.S., from Senators Richard J. Durbin and Tom Coburn (11/16/2007)

ACLU Statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on "International Trafficking in Persons: Taking Action to Eliminate Modern-Day Slavery" (10/18/2007)

Trafficking Coalition Letter to Senators Biden and Lugar and Representatives Lantons and Ros-Lehtinen (10/18/2007)

Written Testimony of Janet Caldero for Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Oversight Hearing Before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the House Judiciary Committee (09/25/2007)

ACLU Testimony on Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Oversight Hearing Before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the House Judiciary Committee (09/25/2007)

ACLU Letter to Vote Yes on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (07/26/2007)

ACLU letter supporting the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (06/26/2007)

Letter to Amy A. Hobby, BLS Clearance Officer, Opposing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Series (02/22/2005)

LCCR Coalition Letter to Amy A. Hobby Regarding CES WWS (02/22/2005)
LCCR Coalition Letter to Amy A. Hobby Urging the Bureau of Labor Statistics Not to Eliminate the Current Employment Statistics Women Worker Series