Briefcase: Disparity in wages puts Washington at No. 41
Disparity in wages puts Washington at No. 41
The disparity in wages paid to women and men in Washington state ranked 41st among the states, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The median wage for women working full time was $748 per week in 2010. That’s 76.5 percent of the $941 median wage for men working full time.
Across the county, women earned a median wage of $669 per week, or 81.2 percent of the $824 median wage for men.
Washington ranked in the top 10 in pay nationwide.
In Idaho, the median wage for women was $585 per week. That’s 77.6 percent of the men’s median wage of $754.
Staff reports
Hawker Beechcraft sues over military contract
WICHITA, Kan. – Hawker Beechcraft Corp. is suing the U.S. government over its exclusion from a competition to build a light attack aircraft, a contract worth nearly $1 billion.
The Wichita Eagle reported that the suit was filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after the Government Accountability Office dismissed Hawker Beechcraft’s initial protest. The suit alleges the exclusion was “arbitrary and capricious” and seeks to prevent the government from awarding a contract until Beechcraft can make its case in court.
A Pentagon spokesman declined to comment on the issue because the matter was “pending under litigation.”
The Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer had hoped its AT-6, an armed version of its T-6 trainer, would be chosen for the Light Air Support Counter Insurgency aircraft for the Afghanistan National Army Corps.
The chosen aircraft also would be used as a light attack armed reconnaissance aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
In dismissing Hawker Beechcraft Corp from the competition last month, the Air Force found Hawker Beechcraft’s bid “technically unacceptable,” one that would result in an “unacceptable mission capability risk.”
Associated Press
New York Times tweet about email gaffe in error
NEW YORK – In today’s digital age, it’s easy to send out an email by mistake – even for a company that’s in the business of communication.
The New York Times thought it was sending an email to a few hundred people who had recently canceled subscriptions, offering them a 50 percent discount for 16 weeks to lure them back.
Instead, Wednesday’s offer went to 8.6 million email addresses of people who had given them to the Times.
That was the first mistake. The second came when the Times tweeted this: “If you received an email today about canceling your NYT subscription, ignore it. It’s not from us.”
But the Times did send the original email, Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said.
“This email should have been sent to a very small number of subscribers, but instead was sent to a vast distribution list made up of people who had previously provided their email address to the New York Times. We regret the error,” Murphy said in an email.
Associated Press