Today is BlackWomensEqualPayDay, the point in the “new year” at which black women’s earnings match those of white men from the year before. For every $1.00 a white man makes, a black woman makes $0.61. Here's what women are doing to mark the day:
—also took to Twitter to express support for the day's cause.
"Equal pay days have elevated the issue and brought it to the forefront so that policy makers and employers can remember and think about ways to address this problem," said Vania Leveille, chief policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union ., which has passed through the House but is not yet through the Senate, is one step in the right direction.
"You can’t challenge the fact that you’re being paid less than the white guy across the hall if you have no idea what any of your co-workers make," says Emily Martin, vice president for Education and Workplace Justice at the National Women's Law Center. But, Martin says,"there’s other important work to do to close the race and gender wage gap that isn’t just abut tightening pay discrimination laws." This includes initiatives like raising the minimum wage to $15 (
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