Today marks Equal Pay Day, a reminder of the persistent wage gap that shortchanges women and their families.
According to recent Census data:
📉 Women working full-time, year-round are paid 83 cents for every $1 earned by men.
📉 When including part-time and part-year workers, the wage gap widens to 75 cents on the dollar.
These disparities are unacceptable. Women—especially women of color, mothers, and those in underrepresented industries—continue to be underpaid and undervalued.
To close the wage gap, we must push for stronger legal protections and better enforcement:
✔️ Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to modernize the Equal Pay Act, ban salary history inquiries, increase pay transparency, and protect workers from retaliation for discussing wages.
✔️Defend independent civil rights enforcement agencies like the California Civil Rights Department & California Department of Industrial Relations Labor Standards Enforcement which protects workers from discrimination and ensures fair pay. Efforts to weaken these agencies put women and marginalized communities at greater risk.
We must keep fighting for fair wages, stronger protections, and real accountability.
Support organizations leading the charge like Equal Rights Advocates and Equal Pay Today to learn more and take action > https://lnkd.in/gQbZJwKC
