Janice L. Moritz Lectureship Fund with the Institute for Research & Education on Women & Gender

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The 2008 JANICE L. MORITZ LECTURE

LORNA ARRINGTON

Women MUST Use Their Voice:

Policy and Power


Friday, April 25, 2008 @ 3 pm
105 Harriman Hall, South Campus                  
A reception will follow the lecture

It is essential that women become more involved wherever they can influence and improve policies that affect equitable treatment in the workplace and the welfare of families. Pay Equity Day was held on April 22 this year, and it highlights the fact that the average salary for a women (at $0.77 for each $1.00 earned by men) still trails that of men. Women work almost 16 months to earn what men earn in 12.

The under-utilization of the power that women can have is evident in the carefully built federal legislation (recently vetoed) that would have expanded health care coverage for children.  As women assume more leadership roles, they have an opportunity to have a significant impact on other policies involving trade, labor conditions and the environment. Union workers in the US can negotiate for its “left behind” workers when jobs are shipped abroad. Higher salaries, wages and better benefits for workers outside the US can help level the field and would reduce abuse of those workers.

Lorna Arrington has been a member of United University Professions in Buffalo since its inception and with the statewide UUP since 1988.  She is currently a member of the UUP Statewide Executive Board, the Coalition of Labor Union Women's  (CLUW) National Executive Board, and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Women's Rights Committee. She has served on four UUP Negotiations Teams; received the 2005 New York State United Teachers Higher Education Member of the Year Award; and Co-Chaired the NYS/UUP Joint Labor/Management Employment Committee, where she reviewed applications for funding towards doctoral degrees for UUP members at technical colleges initiating 4-year programs. She has worked 38 years at the University of Buffalo, teaching mathematics in the Educational Opportunity Center Program.The Janice L. Moritz Lectureship Fund was established in 1999 to honor Ms. Janice L. Moritz upon her retirement from a career as Labor Relations Specialist with the New York State United Teachers. The lectureship was established in order to educate others on the principles of labor management under which Jan worked and excelled.