WOMEN valued

The Boston Globe did a discerning public a service analyzing the payroll for both Clinton and Trump's campaigns for April, the most recent month with publicly available data. They compiled the figures using Federal Election Commission records from April 2016, the most recent month available. The analysis captured all employees on the payroll, as well as consultants whose compensation could be identified, who were working enough to make at least $1,000.

The women who work for Trump — who account for about 28 percent of his total staff — made an average of about $4,500 in April, according to the Globe analysis. The men made nearly $6,100, or about 35 percent more. The disparity is slightly greater than the gender pay gap nationally. 

 

Of the 15 highest-paid employees for that month, only two were women.

 

The women working for Clinton — who account for 53 percent of her total staff — took home an average of $3,710. The men made slightly more, at $3,760. Clinton’s staffers, men and women, made less than the women who work for Trump.

 

On Clinton’s campaign, the highest-paid employee was a woman, Jennifer Palmieri, the campaign’s director of communications. And of the 15 highest-paid employees, eight were men and seven were women.

 

Boston Globes' reporter, Matt Viser, who I am quoting from in his June 5th article made an important observation:  

 

"Clinton has a significantly larger campaign workforce, with at least 670 campaign workers who made at least $1,000 in April. The total pay for them was $2.5 million.

 

Trump had 113 employees who were paid a total of $635,000. His operation is far smaller, like a luxury yacht to Clinton’s battleship, (Matt Viser writes) which allows him to be more nimble when making campaign decisions but also could put him at a disadvantage in key states."

The obvious and the unobvious conclusion to this controversy is laws may change, but if the heart does not the law is just a law and nothing really changed. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 6.9.16