4/9/14: President Obama, in his Equal Pay Day proclamation, explained:
"Women — who make up nearly half of our Nation's workforce — face a pay gap that means they earn 23 percent less on average than men do. That disparity is even greater for African-American women and Latinas. On National Equal Pay Day, we recognize this injustice by marking how far into the new year women have to work just to make what men did in the previous one."
Equal Pay Day
On this Equal Pay Day, April 9, 2013, POPVOX is spotlighting a variety of bills related to women's wages. Weigh in on these bills on POPVOX and share with your friends and networks.
- HConRes 28 House Resolution recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women.
- S 84 Paycheck Fairness Act: Amends the portion of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) known as the Equal Pay Act to revise remedies for, enforcement of, and exceptions to prohibitions against sex discrimination in the payment of wages. (And HR 377.)
- S 168 Fair Pay Act: to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin. (And HR 438.)
- HR 951Women and Workforce Investment for Nontraditional Jobs: To promote the economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through their increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations where they currently represent 25 percent or less of the workforce.
- HR 1010Fair Minimum Wage Act: To provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour by 2015, in three steps of 95 cents each. (And S 460.)
- HR 650WAGES Act: To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees.
- HR 229Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act: To provide for the calculation of the minimum wage based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
Please keep in mind that highlighting a bill doesn't imply a POPVOX endorsement in any way. Rather, we're simply trying to offer one more way to stay informed of an overwhelmingly complex legislative system.
