The Day highlights the extra days a typical woman would have to work just to make the same as a man in the previous year. “And we’re still standing here in the United States Congress debating whether a woman should get fired for asking what the guy down the hall makes for doing exactly the same job”. She also shared Obama’s petition and a video of Obama pledging to close the gap in a speech on Tuesday.
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The wage gap is even wider for black women, who are paid 60 cents for every dollar men make.
The national monument has been home to the National Woman’s Party since 1929 and is now named for Alva Belmont, the party’s benefactor, and Alice Paul, the party’s founder, the Post reported.
“It’s been a problem that’s been around for a really long time, decades I would say”, Don Brueggemann, manager of The Works in Concord, told NHPR.
Some don’t believe Equal Pay Day and the idea of women working into April to catch up with men’s earnings past year accurately reflects the entire workforce.
To address this issue, President Barack Obama had signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first piece of legislation signed into law by him, in 2009.
“We feel we shouldn’t be playing identity politics, we should be working together to strengthen families”, said Sarah Chamberlain, president of the Republican Main Street Partnership, which advocates for pragmatic, center-right policies.
“We’re kind of encouraged to take career paths that are more towards the social sciences, social services”, she said.
“It actually kind of amazed me that in 2016 this issue exists”, said McMullen. “So I think it’s good for our economy in general, certainly for my business specifically”.
African American women are paid 63% of what white men are, while Hispanic or Latina women earn just 54% of what white men do, AAUW says. “I respect women and I’m going to take care of women”, said Trump.
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The Arkansas Equal Pay Coalition wants to put on more events like this, but needs more members.
