Workshop helps Boston jobs

Posted on April 5, 2016

A new workshop is helping people negotiate pay for Boston jobs.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Office of Women’s Advancement and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) will kick off a blitz of free salary negotiation workshops to train over 350 women in honor of Equal Pay Day on April 12.

The following workshops will be open to press:

Monday April 4, 2016
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Suffolk University
Sargent Hall Law School
120 Tremont Street
Boston

Thursday April 7, 2016
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
East Boston Public Library
365 Bremen Street
East Boston

Tuesday April 12, 2016
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Boston University Life Sciences and Engineering Building, Room 103
24 Cummington Mall
Boston

The goal of the workshop blitz is to reach the target of 1,000 women trained since the launch of the workshops last fall. The workshops will take place in a variety of locations across Boston.

“It’s time to stop talking about the wage gap and time to start doing something about it,” said Mayor Walsh. “I am proud of the work we have done since we launched the workshops last fall, and to honor Equal Pay Day we will provide hundreds more women with the tools they need to close the wage gap.”