Today is Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day
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Dear Friend,
Pop Quiz: How many additional months in a year do Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander (NHPI) women have to work to earn what white,
non-Hispanic men make in one year?
If you said 8 months, you’re sadly correct. It’s unfair, yet true: NHPI
women make just 65 cents on the dollar compared to white men, and when you
factor in part-time and seasonal work, that number drops down to 61 cents,
which is NOT okay.
Today, August 28th, marks Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI)
Women’s Equal Pay Day, and we need you to take action!
[ [link removed] ]→ Sign our letter urging Congress to support policies that help reduce
these egregious pay disparities NHPI women face every single day.
Eight extra months is too long to wait to achieve pay equity. Especially
since NHPI mothers, who are often pillars in their communities, are
holding entire families together and lifting our economy while working
more for less. They play significant roles in essential fields that our
entire nation benefits from every day. Yet, they’re consistently being
denied a livable wage, let alone the compensation they actually deserve.
What does that mean for their families, communities, and our economy?
The bottom line: Lower earnings equal fewer resources for childcare and
food budgets, less access to housing options, and smaller safety nets or
none at all. It also means less of an economic boost because women and
moms make the majority of consumer purchasing decisions in our nation.
[ [link removed] ]→ Sign on and stand in solidarity with Native Hawaiian and Pacific
Islander women and families who have waited long enough for fair pay and
urge Congress to take action.
Something that could help fix this economic dilemma? Data!
That’s because wage fairness begins with being SEEN, counted, and paid
what you’re worth.
There currently isn’t any federal tracking that can help us understand the
fullest picture of wage disparity in this country. In fact, the data we do
have to capture what NHPI women earn is buried under aggregated sources
and that alone is failing these communities.
We can no longer lump subgroups like Fijian, Tongan, Marshallese,
Chuukese, and Palauan women and moms, who make even less than NHPI women,
into the broader Asian American and Pacific Islander category. These
tribes have their own cultures, languages, ethics and belief systems that
are erased every time that happens. If Congress steps in to support
federal tracking policies for NHPI, we would see a real change in data
accessibility that could lead to a real change in the pay gap.
The horrific wage gap that NHPI women face is a structural and systemic
problem, and there are solutions if Congress makes them a priority.
[ [link removed] ]→ Add your name to demand that Congress take action: Support and pass
policies that will help provide NHPI women with the tools to achieve
economic security.
Thank you,
Diarra, Ruth, Namatie, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising.org &
MamásConPoder Team
P.S. - Have you or someone you love faced workplace discrimination or
unfair pay? Sharing personal stories with our lawmakers is a powerful tool
in the fight against discriminatory wage gaps! [ [link removed] ]Tell us about your
experience!
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