PRINTER'S NO. 1375
No. 199 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY BEBKO-JONES, BISHOP, SAINATO, O'NEILL, KIRKLAND,
SANTONI, WATERS, READSHAW, McGEEHAN, LESCOVITZ, THOMAS,
LAUGHLIN, WATSON, VEON, GOODMAN, JOSEPHS, TANGRETTI, GRUCELA,
MUNDY, PISTELLA AND FABRIZIO, APRIL 15, 2003
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 15, 2003
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating April 15, 2003, as "Equal Pay Day" in Pennsylvania.
2 WHEREAS, The amount of women entering the work force has been
3 on a steady increase over the past century, with 5.3 million
4 women in the work force in 1900 and more than 63 million women
5 working today; and
6 WHEREAS, In 2001 the United States Census Bureau reported
7 that the average woman earned 73¢ for every dollar earned by the
8 average man; and
9 WHEREAS, According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
10 United States Department of Labor, in 2001 men's median weekly
11 earnings were $672 while women's median weekly earnings were
12 $511; and
13 WHEREAS, According to the National Committee on Pay Equity,
14 the median annual earnings of women were 73% of men's total
15 earnings; and
16 WHEREAS, The Constitution of Pennsylvania prohibits denial or
1 abridgment of equality of rights on the basis of sex; and
2 WHEREAS, The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and Title VII
3 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit pay discrimination for
4 men and women doing the same job; and
5 WHEREAS, The citizens of this Commonwealth must recognize the
6 benefits of equal pay for working men and women and the need for
7 closing the wage gap; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate April
9 15, 2003, as "Equal Pay Day" in Pennsylvania and encourage all
10 residents to support and maintain pay equity throughout this
11 Commonwealth.
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