Tell Congress: Take Action on the Paycheck Fairness Act & Salary
Transparency Act!
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Hey there,
It's Equal Pay Day – the day we mark to sound the alarm on the egregious,
gender and racially discriminatory wage gap. And it's also National
Working Moms Day* – a day to celebrate and acknowledge working mothers and
their contributions to society. The fact that they fall on the same day
triggered the irony alert in my brain and I laughed out loud at the
realization. It's like a bizarre heroine and anti-hero mash up!
[ [link removed] ]Stand with us on Equal Pay Day and urge Congress to take action on the
Paycheck Fairness Act and Salary Transparency Act ASAP!
Maybe, just maybe, as the planets align to link these two events on this
one day, women across the country can finally reach pay equity! A girl can
dream, right? But in all seriousness, the reality that women, working
full-time, year round, are earning just 84 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 78 cents! And if we peel back this
rotting onion a little further, what do we find? Spoiler Alert: racism, a
maternal wall, and discrimination!
[ [link removed] ]Stand with us on Equal Pay Day and urge Congress to take action on the
Paycheck Fairness Act and Salary Transparency Act ASAP!
On average, this is the breakout for what women earn compared to white men
based on racial demographics and parental status. [2]
* Latinas earn 57 cents,
* Native American women earn 59 cents,
* Black women earn 69 cents,
* Asian-American and Pacific Islander women earn 93 cents on average
(with some AAPI subgroups experiencing gaps as big as 50 cents to a
man’s dollar),
* Women with disabilities earn just 82 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 74 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] ]This has to change. Women, moms, and
families deserve better!
These numbers speak 🔊volumes 🔊, and here’s what I’m hearing:
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 better.
And the irony continues – not only are we highlighting this egregious
miscarriage of justice on National Working Moms Day*, but also mid-way
through our celebration of Women’s History Month. We should be in full on
Mom Dance Party mode, but the wage gap just keeps crashing the party!
[ [link removed] ]That is why we need strong, common sense policy solutions to achieve
pay equity for women, like the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Salary
Transparency 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. [3] While the Salary Transparency Act, would help reduce the
pay gap by requiring employers to provide the salary range for jobs and
restrict. [4]
[ [link removed] ]Please, stand with us on Equal Pay Day and urge Congress to
take action on the Paycheck Fairness Act and Salary Transparency Act ASAP!
These policies are crucial to fighting against wage discrimination
impacting women, families, and communities across the country. As it
stands, on average women are robbed of $9,990 a year due to the wage gap –
that's a whopping $399,600 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. [5] 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
*MomsRising recognizes and wants to lift that moms do not exist in a
monolith. All mothers do not participate in the labor force as paid
workers, and their unpaid labor is crucial to sustaining families,
communities, and the economy. The wage gap and its insidious symptoms
transcend employment status to impact all women and their labor, whether
paid or unpaid.
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] US Census Bureau: [ [link removed] ]Equal Pay Day: March 12, 2024
[2] [6] NWLC: [ [link removed] ]A Window Into the Wage Gap: What’s Behind It and How to
Close It
[3] NPWF: [ [link removed] ]The Paycheck Fairness Act
[4] US Congress: [ [link removed] ]H.R.1599 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Salary
Transparency Act
[5] NWLC: [ [link removed] ]The Wage Gap Robs Women Working Full Time, Year-Round of
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Over a Lifetime
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