Raise your voice with us on Equal Pay Day and urge Congress to take action on the Paycheck Fairness Act ASAP! SIGN NOW

Hey Friend,

It's Equal Pay Day – the day we mark to sound the alarm on the egregious gender, and racially discriminatory wage gap. 

*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. [2] This is the first time in TWENTY YEARS that the gender wage gap has significantly widened! This is unacceptable!

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: [3]

• 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). [4] This has to change. Women, moms, and families deserve better!

These numbers speak 🔊volumes 🔊, and here’s what they’re saying: 

*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. [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! [6] 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. 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: Equal Pay Day
[2] [5] NWLC: A Window Into the Wage Gap: What’s Behind It and How to Close It
[3] AAUW: Equal Pay Day Calendar – AAUW : Empowering Women Since 1881
[4] NPWF: The Paycheck Fairness Act

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