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...Helen Castrilli of Tacoma, a secretary and one of the plaintiffs in a 1982 lawsuit that led to last week's deal, the settlement "proved that the jobs traditionally held by women are worth as much as those traditionally held by men." Her $16,800 annual pay will go up by about $1,200, equal to what a janitor makes. Although such states as Minnesota and Wisconsin have also accept ed the comparable-worth concept, more than 20 others are still fighting lawsuits growing out of the controversial idea. LOBBIES Falwell Rechristens His Majority...
...State of Washington pays Helen Castrilli, a secretary at its largest mental hospital, $1,300 a month. But studies conducted by a consulting firm hired by the state calculated that her work is "worth" the same as the work of those in different jobs making $350 a month more. When Castrilli and eight other workers sued, claiming sex discrimination, a federal-court judge in Tacoma decided in their favor. That ruling is now being appealed by state officials, with the Reagan Administration considering joining in the case against Castrilli and her coworkers. The dispute is the latest battle over...
...year that an expanded Willis study came out, Governor Daniel Evans allocated $7 million in his budget to rectify these perceived disparities, but his successor, Dixy Lee Ray, the state's first female Governor, killed the plan when she took office in 1977. In the Castrilli case, Judge Jack Tanner ruled last November that the disparities violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which, he said, "was designed to bar not only overt employment discrimination but also practices that are fair in form but discriminatory in operation...
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