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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2017 - 2018
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 24, 2017 04:09 PM |
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| From: | Senator Anthony H. Williams |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Equal Pay Day Resolution |
| In the near future, I will introduce a resolution recognizing April 4, 2017 as “Equal Pay Day” in recognition of the need to eliminate the gender gap in earnings by women and to promote policies to ensure equal pay for all. More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women, especially minority women, continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay. According to a report by the National Partnership for Women & Families, women in Pennsylvania earned a median of $0.80 for each dollar earned by men as of October 2016. In the United States, mothers are primary breadwinners in half of families with children under 18, including half of white mothers, 53 percent of Latina mothers, 81 percent of African American mothers and 44 percent of Asian/Pacific Islander mothers, making pay equity critical to families’ economic security. Fair pay strengthens the security of families today and eases future retirement costs while enhancing the American economy. Please join me in co-sponsoring this resolution recognizing April 4, 2017 as “Equal Pay Day” to symbolize the time in 2017 when the wages paid to American women catch up to the wages paid to men from the previous year. |
Introduced as SR71