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Hi John,
Today is Equal Pay Day—the day when women’s pay catches up to what men made last year alone.
The racist, sexist wage gap robs women of tens of thousands of dollars every year and hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetimes. For Black and Native American women, the wage gap costs them nearly a million dollars during a 40-year career, and for Latinas, it’s $1.1 million.
And of course, the COVID-19 pandemic and recession threaten to make the wage gap even wider. It’s past time for Congress to act. It’s time for Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Tell Congress: Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act [[link removed]]
Tell your lawmakers to support equal pay by passing the Paycheck Fairness Act. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on this important legislation soon.
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More than 4.2 million women were unemployed last month and more than 2.3 million women have completely left the labor force since last February—meaning that when those women reenter the workforce, they may face an even larger wage gap, on top of income lost during the pandemic. And those who still have jobs face wage gaps too. Nearly two in three front-line workers are women. While the pandemic has caused us to rightfully laud front-line workers as heroes, those celebrations ring hollow as long as women workers are paid less than their male peers.
That’s why we need the Paycheck Fairness Act now! Take action and email your representatives today. [[link removed]]
The Paycheck Fairness Act strengthens protections for workers experiencing wage gaps due to sex-based pay discrimination by:
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Closing
loopholes
that
have
allowed
employers
to
pay
women
less
than
men
for
the
same
work
for
decades,
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Prohibiting
employers
from
relying
on
salary
history
to
set
pay
when
hiring,
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Ensuring
women
can
receive
the
same
remedies
for
sex-based
pay
discrimination
as
are
available
for
race-
or
ethnicity-based
discrimination,
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Promoting
pay
transparency
by
protecting
workers
from
retaliation
for
discussing
or
disclosing
their
wages,
and
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Requiring
employers
to
report
pay
data
to
the
EEOC.
Women and the families who depend on their income have been shortchanged by the gender wage gap for far too long, and they can’t afford to wait any longer. Tell your representatives: pass the Paycheck Fairness Act now! [[link removed]]
Sincerely,
Maya Raghu
she/her/hers
Director of Workplace Equality and Senior Counsel
National Women's Law Center
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