You know what they say: For every strong woman, there is a man who probably gets paid more for doing the same job 🙄

Five decades after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women, on average, still make only 77 cents for every dollar men earn. And the gap is even wider for women of color.

Or let me put it another way: Today is Equal Pay Day, signifying how far in the calendar year women have to work to earn as much as men did in the previous year. 

Folks, it's March 14th, meaning it has taken women an extra 72 days to earn what men did in 2022. It's unacceptable. Equal work should get equal pay.

Today, I’m calling on the Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and eliminate wage discrimination, once and for all. I'm hoping you will join me by signing on to my petition >>

Pay inequity affects not only women but also children, families, and our economy. That’s why I’ve co-sponsored legislation to close the wage gap in every Congress I've been part of. 

Here in Wisconsin, working women do a little better than the national average. We are paid about 86 cents on the dollar compared to men. But that's hardly a cause for celebration when women and our families are being shortchanged thousands of dollars a year and hundreds of thousands of dollars over a lifetime.

We have made progress on this issue of fairness, but there's still a lot of work ahead of us. More needs to be done to strengthen the economic security of Wisconsin women and families, and passing the Paycheck Fairness Act will help do that.

Please, add your name to say you're with us in this fight >>

Thank you for taking a stand.

— Tammy