Listen to this, friend:
In 2020, women earned 84% of what men earned, and would need to take on an extra 42 days of work to receive equal pay.
And want to know the difference between the gender pay gap for all workers in 1980 and today?
We're only 20 cents closer to equal pay than we were over 40 years ago.
Last year, I was proud to vote to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act – a bill that would take significant steps toward rectifying pay disparities that hurt women, families, and our entire economy. However, the Senate shot the bill down by one vote.
This shouldn't even be up for discussion – women deserve equal pay for equal work, and our nation must address gender inequalities like these.
How is watching those who suffer the most - like single mothers struggling to make ends meet in a pandemic - not enough for Congress to act?
Equal pay is more crucial for our workers today than ever before. Can you please add your name to my petition calling on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act?
The Paycheck Fairness Act will modernize the 1963 Equal Pay Act and close the loopholes employers have abused for years.
Specifically, the bill calls for employers to prove why they must withhold equal pay from workers and ban them from retaliating against employees who voluntarily disclose their wages to the public. It will also prohibit employers from relying on salary history in determining future pay, so that pay discrimination does not follow women from job to job.
I have always been committed to gender equality, and I will continue to keep up the fight, from protecting reproductive rights to ensuring equal pay.
If you have not already, please sign our petition calling on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act >>
Thank you for standing up for equal rights for all.
Onward and upward,
Antonio
