Raise your voice with us on Equal Pay Day and urge Congress to take action
on the Paycheck Fairness Act ASAP!
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Hey Friend,
It's Equal Pay Day – the day we mark to sound the alarm on the egregious
gender, and racially discriminatory wage gap.
[ [link removed] ]*Take action on Equal Pay Day by urging Congress to take action on the
Paycheck Fairness Act ASAP!
The reality that women working full-time, year round, are earning just 83
cents to a man’s dollar is sickening! [1] But here’s the kicker –
factoring in part-time, seasonal, & gig work that number drops to just 75
cents! The most recent data available shows the wage gap widened by 1 cent
between 2022 and 2023. [ [link removed] ] This is the first time in TWENTY YEARS that the
gender wage gap has significantly widened! This is unacceptable!
[2]We need you to stand with us on Equal Pay Day and urge Congress to take
action on the Paycheck Fairness Act ASAP!
When the gender wage gap is broken out by racial demographic and parental
status, we see even steeper losses of wages. On average, this is the
breakout for what women earn compared to white men based on racial
demographics and parental status: [ [link removed] ]
* Latinas earn 51 cents
* Native American women earn 52 cents
* Black women earn 64 cents
* Asian-American and Pacific Islander women earn 83 cents on average
(with some AAPI subgroups experiencing gaps as big as 50 cents to a
man’s dollar)
* Women with disabilities earn just 56 cents for every dollar earned by
their male counterparts with disabilities
* *And last, but not least, moms, on average across all races and
ethnicities, earn just 62 cents on the dollar to dads – with moms of
color experiencing compounded wage gaps due to structural racism to
the extent that Latina moms earn just 47 cents to a white dad’s dollar
and Black moms earn just 52 cents to a white dad’s dollar (and as with
AAPI women, when the data for moms is disaggregated, the numbers are
worse for single moms). [ [link removed] ] [3]This has to change. Women, moms, and
families deserve better!
These numbers speak 🔊volumes 🔊, and here’s what they’re saying:
[4]*Gender justice, racial justice, and economic justice are tied together
-- one never happens without the others. That’s why we all need to raise
our voices to demand strong, common sense policy solutions to achieve pay
equity for women, like the Paycheck Fairness Act.
The Paycheck Fairness Act would modernize and strengthen the Equal Pay Act
of 1963 to better combat pay discrimination and close the wage gap,
including by protecting workers from retaliation for discussing pay,
banning the use of prior salary history, and codifying pay data
collection. [ [link removed] ]
[5]*Friend, stand with us on Equal Pay Day and urge Congress to
take action on the Paycheck Fairness Act and Salary Transparency Act ASAP!
The Paycheck Fairness Act is a crucial tool to fighting against wage
discrimination impacting women, families, and communities across the
country. As it stands, on average women are robbed of $11,550 a year due
to the wage gap – that's a whopping $462,000 over the course of a 40-year
career! And it doesn’t stop there, because unfair pay now means unfair
disbursement of retirement funds later. As a result of lower lifetime
earnings, the average Social Security retired worker benefit for women 65+
is nearly $5,000 less than men of the same age! [ [link removed] ] This is unacceptable!
The time to advance pay equity for women and mothers is NOW! And with your
help, we’ll keep fighting until we achieve it.
Together we’re a powerful force for women and families.
-Taylor, Ruth, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team
P.S. [6]Sharing our personal stories is a powerful tool to bring about
change. Please share with us if you have ever been paid less than your
male coworkers for discriminatory reasons. We promise to share your
experience with lawmakers to help them understand the real-life impact of
wage discrimination.
References:
[1] Equal Pay Today: [ [link removed] ]Equal Pay Day
[2] [5] NWLC: [ [link removed] ]A Window Into the Wage Gap: What’s Behind It and How to
Close It
[3] AAUW: [ [link removed] ]Equal Pay Day Calendar – AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881
[4] NPWF: [ [link removed] ]The Paycheck Fairness Act
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