Today is Latina Equal Pay Day –Urge Congress to close the wage gap with
a package of bills that would advance equal pay!
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Dear Friend,
Can you believe 2019 is almost over? Time flies when you’re busy resisting
and persisting! But there’s one thing that truly hasn’t come soon enough –
[ [link removed] ]Latina Equal Pay Day. We “celebrated” Equal Pay Day on April 2nd,
marking the fact that women of all races must work an average of more than
3 extra months just to earn what white men were paid in just 12 months in
2018. However, averages don’t tell the whole story.
Latinas have to wait until TODAY, November 20th – nearly the end of 2019 –
to earn what white men made in just 12 months in 2018. Yes, that’s nearly
11 extra months of work and why we have the very last equal pay day of the
year.
[ [link removed] ]TAKE ACTION! Tell Congress: Close the wage gap for Latinas with a
package of bills that would advance equal pay!
When it comes down to dollars and cents, Latinas are paid just 54 cents
for every dollar paid to white men. [1] Latina moms, over 60% of whom are
breadwinners for their families, make even less – just 46 cents for every
dollar paid to white dads. [2, 3]
Hmm. According to our calculations, that’s just plain unfair. And we have
to do something about it!
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And we need it now! Here’s another jaw-dropping calculation for you: If
the wage gap were eliminated, the typical Latina working in the United
States would have enough money annually for 3 more years of childcare or 3
more years of tuition at a public university.
That’s a life-changing difference of $28,036 more per year – the
difference between living in poverty or not. [4]
[ [link removed] ]>>> Urge Congress to help us achieve #LatinaEqualPay and lift families
out of poverty!
These are the bills that need to be co-sponsored and passed by your
members of Congress in order to meaningfully help narrow the wage gap:
* The Paycheck Fairness Act, which was passed by the U.S. House of
Representatives in March, would eliminate loopholes in the Equal Pay
Act, helping to break harmful patterns of pay discrimination and
strengthen workplace protections for women, including protecting
against retaliation for discussing pay information with colleagues.
This legislation would also prohibit employers from using wage history
to determine a new hire’s salary, which would cut down on the
perpetuation of unfair pay. [5]
* The Raise the Wage Act, passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in
July, would increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an
hour by 2025 and index it to keep pace with overall wages. The bill
would also raise the federal minimum wage for tipped workers
(currently making just $2.13 per hour) over time to match the regular
minimum wage. With Latinas overrepresented in low-wage work, this
legislation would give 32% of working Latinas a significant raise! [6]
* The FAMILY Act would create a national *paid* family and medical leave
insurance program to help ensure that people who work can take the
time they need to address serious health and caregiving needs,
including parental leave and elder care. [7] Latinx workers have the
least access to paid family leave at just 25% [ [link removed] ] and when women take
one year of unpaid time off from work for things like medical or
family leave, they see 39% less in later annual earnings than women
who stay in the paid workforce. [ [link removed] ]
* The Healthy Families Act would establish seven paid sick days for
those who work at businesses with 15 or more employees. [ [link removed] ] Right
now, over HALF of Latinas are unable to earn a single paid sick days
through their jobs, which means that catching the flu, or a kiddo
catching a cold, can mean days of lost income. [ [link removed] ] For the average
worker without paid sick days, the cost of taking unpaid sick time is
a serious matter. Just 3 days of missed work due to illness is
equivalent to losing an entire month’s grocery budget. [ [link removed] ]
[8]QUICK SIGNATURE HERE: Tell Congress to PASS the Paycheck Fairness Act,
the Raise the Wage Act, the FAMILY Act, and the Healthy Families Act!
If we don’t act now to close the wage gap, Latinas stand to each lose over
ONE. MILLION. DOLLARS over the course of their career. [ [link removed] ]
That’s unacceptable. Latinas need 100% of their paycheck, not just 54% of
it.
Together, we are a powerful force for Latinx women and families!
– Xochitl, Sara, Linda, Ruth, Kristin, and the whole
MomsRising/MamásConPoder team
P.S. – 🎬 Check out our short & powerful new video – [9]Latina Equal Pay
Day 101!
[1] [10]National Women's Law Center, The Wage Gap: The Who, How, Why, and
What To Do
[2] [11]Center for American Progress, Breadwinning Mothers Continue To Be
the U.S. Norm
[3] [12]National Women's Law Center, Equal Pay for Mothers Is Critical for
Families
[4] [13]National Partnership for Women & Families, Quantifying America's
Gender Wage Gap by Race/Ethnicity
[5] [ [link removed] ]National Partnership for Women & Families, The Paycheck Fairness
Act
[6] [ [link removed] ]National Women's Law Center, The Raise the Wage Act
[7] [ [link removed] ]National Partnership for Women & Families: The FAMILY Act
[8] [ [link removed] ]Salud America, Making the Case for Paid Family Leave
[9] [ [link removed] ]Institute for Women's Policy Research, Still a Man's Labor Market
[10] [ [link removed] ]National Partnership for Women & Families, The Healthy Families
Act
[11] [ [link removed] ]National Partnership for Women & Families, Latinos and Their
Families Need Paid Sick Days
[12] [ [link removed] ]Economic Policy Institute, Work sick or lose pay?
[13] [ [link removed] ]National Women's Law Center, Lifetime Wage Gap Losses for Latina
Women
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