Boston activists push for new equal pay law

BOSTON – More than 70 years after Massachusetts made it illegal to pay men and women different rates for the same job, a group of female activists and community leaders gathered Tuesday at Simmons College to call for passage of a gender equity bill that would require employers to pay men and women equally for jobs that are not the same in all respects.   The event, a celebration of International Women's Day, marked the start of a day of lobbying on Beacon Hill to push for legislation that passe

BOSTON – More than 70 years after Massachusetts made it illegal to pay men and women different rates for the same job, a group of female activists and community leaders gathered Tuesday at Simmons College to call for passage of a gender equity bill that would require employers to pay men and women equally for jobs that are not the same in all respects.   The event, a celebration of International Women's Day, marked the start of a day of lobbying on Beacon Hill to push for legislation that passe…