PRINTER'S NO. 627
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
71
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY WILLIAMS, FONTANA, McGARRIGLE, GREENLEAF,
DINNIMAN, RAFFERTY, YUDICHAK, SABATINA, BLAKE, BOSCOLA AND
COSTA, MARCH 29, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 29, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing April 4, 2017, as "Equal Pay Day" in Pennsylvania in
recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in
earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay
for all.
WHEREAS, More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal
Pay Act of 1963, women, especially minority women, continue to
suffer the consequences of unequal pay; and
WHEREAS, According to a 2016 report by the National
Partnership for Women and Families, women in Pennsylvania earned
a median of $0.80 for each dollar earned by men; and
WHEREAS, As reported by the United States Census Bureau,
women working full time, year-round in 2013 typically earned 82%
of what men earned, indicating little change or progress in pay
equity; and
WHEREAS, According to "Graduating to a Pay Gap," a 2012
research report by the American Association of University Women,
the gender pay gap is evident one year after college graduation,
even after considering controlling factors known to affect
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