April 2016 — Arjuna Capital

In The News

April 28, 2016 by Jena McGregor for The Washington Post

Washington Post: A surprising number of investors voted for a gender pay gap measure at eBay

This proxy season, the investor Arjuna Capital targeted a handful of tech companies with a resolution: Commit to preparing a report by later this year about your policies and goals ...

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April 28, 2016 by Kristen V. Brown for Fusion

Fusion: This activist investor is forcing tech companies to reveal how much they underpay women

Fusion writes a great overview piece of Arjuna’s 2016 work on gender pay equity.

Press Release

April 27, 2016 by Arjuna Capital

Arjuna Capital: Momentum Builds – Over Half Of eBay Shareholders Vote In Favor Of Gender Pay Equity Resolution, Company Reacts By Saying It Will “Fix” Problem

Online Auction Site is 6th of 9 Major Tech Companies to Feel the Heat From Investor Push for Equal Pay for Equal Work; 2016 Vote is More Than 6 Times Higher than 2015 Support ...

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April 15, 2016 by Maggie Lake, Natasha Lamb for CNN Money

CNN Equal Pay Day: Improving Women’s Pay and Opportunities

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April 12, 2016 by Georgia Wells for Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal: Facebook, Microsoft say they offer equal pay to women, men

Major U.S. tech companies have been pressed by investment firm to reveal gender-pay details Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp., two of the technology companies pressed by an investment firm ...

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April 12, 2016 by Andrea Peterson, Jena McGregor for The Washington Post

Washington Post: Microsoft and Facebook tout equal pay — but there’s a more glaring problem

Facebook and Microsoft both said they pay men and women virtually the same in announcements made on the eve of Equal Pay Day, which marks how long into the new ...

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April 12, 2016 by Monica Nickelsburg, Todd Bishop for GeekWire

GeekWire: Microsoft joins Amazon in claiming gender pay equity—but the numbers don’t tell the whole story

April 12 is Equal Pay Day, a date chosen because it represents the additional days a typical woman would have to work to catch up to the money earned by her ...

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April 12, 2016 by David Pierson for Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times—Facebook and Microsoft: Our male and female employees earn equal wages

Why Arjuna did not withdraw our gender pay gap proposal at FB: “I’m surprised given Sheryl Sandberg’s very vocal Lean In philosophy that Facebook would come forward with ...

Press Release

April 11, 2016 by Arjuna Capital

Arjuna: Microsoft Is Fifth Tech Giant This Year To Respond To Shareholder Push For Gender Pay Equity

BOSTON, April 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — On the eve of Equal Pay Day, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is now the fifth major U.S. tech company this year to respond to shareholder calls for ...

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April 4, 2016 by Brigid Schulte for Boston Globe

Boston Globe: Fix the wage gap with transparency

FOR MOST OF my career as a journalist, I’ve had no idea whether I made as much money as my male colleagues with equal education, experience, performance, and that ...

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