What is Equal Pay Day? It is the day in April that symbolically marks the time into 2011 that the average US woman has to work to be paid the same wages that her male counterpart was paid FOR EQUAL WORK in 2010. Race and ethnicity widen the pay gap for women, meaning that African American women and Latinas earn less than white women.
AAUW released a new research report, The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap, just ahead of Equal Pay Day. Take a look at this commonsense guide -- and talk about what you've read with your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. The gender pay gap hurts us ALL! Did you know that . . .
. . . there is an average $8,000 gap in retirement income between men and women annually?
. . . women now comprise 50% of the US workforce and are head of household in record numbers?
. . . that the reduced spending and savings power of women and their families delays our economic recovery?
Ready to do something about this? Let's downsize the pay gap and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act!
-- Amy Blackwell, AAUW Colorado Public Policy Co-Director
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