Latina Equal Pay Day: How Employers Can Close the Pay Gap
According to Nunes equal pay “isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the best investment we can make”.
According to Nunes equal pay “isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the best investment we can make”.
“No person in the United States shall, based on sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” – Title IX, signed by President Richard Nixon, June 23, 1972
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today is Equal Pay Day, a stark reminder of how far into the year women must work to be paid what men were paid the previous year. White women working full time in the U.S. make 83 cents for every dollar made by white men: that adds up to a loss of Read more …
“Women earn 83 cents on the dollar, but really that breaks down when we happen to look at race,” said Christian F. Nunes, president at the National Organization for Women. “It’s really a white woman earning 83 cents on the white man’s dollar.”