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Proclamation Recognizing Equal Pay Day
WHEREAS,more than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act,women and people of color continue to suffer the consequences of inequitable pay differentials;
and
WHEREAS,in the United States, on average,women earn 82 cents to the man's dollar,Hispanic and
Latina women earn 57 cents,American Indian or Alaska Native women earn 6o cents, Black or African
American women earn 64 cents,Asian American and Pacific Islander women earn 85 cents; and
WHEREAS,in Montana,women earn 78 cents to the man's dollar, and comparing state by
state, Montana ranks 39t`in the United States on the pay equity scale; and
WHEREAS,the wage gap exists in nearly every occupation,in all industries,in every state,
across all countries, at all education levels, and in the private, government, and nonprofit
sectors; and
WHEREAS,the gender wage gap results in women and their families having less access to
financial resources and has unfounded,subtle, and unexplained causes that need to be
identified and eliminated; and
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2015,the Bozeman City Commission unanimously passed Resolution
4601 supporting equal pay for equal work; and
WHEREAS, each year since 2015,the city has taken steps to collect data and identify tools that
will assist in the diversification of City positions,encourage the use of innovative and
improved human resources tools, and seek to be an active example in the efforts to close the
gender wage gap; and
WHEREAS, in the Equal Pay for Equal Work Resolution 4601,the City of Bozeman commits to
commemorate Equal Pay Day each year and encourage its citizens to recognize the full value
of women's skills and contributions to the labor force and to take further action as citizens
and businesses to help close the gender wage gap; and
WHEREAS, Bozeman,Montana, as a Welcoming City, recognizes that when there are fair and
equitable outcomes for all women and girls, our community prospers and,therefore, can
become a city free of gender and other discrimination; and
WHEREAS, issues of gender equity,inclusion, and safety are community-wide problems
requiring community-wide analysis and action.The City of Bozeman-in collaboration with
other organizations and businesses-can provide leadership and model what is possible for
different sectors of our community.
WHEREAS, Tuesday, March 15, 2o22,is recognized as "Equal Pay Day,"which symbolizes the
date that women will have to work this year AND all of 2021 to achieve the same earnings that
men earned in all of 2021; and
Now,therefore, I, Cynthia L.Andrus, the Mayor of Bozeman, do hereby proclaim Tuesday,
March 15, 2022, as Equal Pay Day, a day whose meaning and purpose needs to become
unnecessary by achieving equal pay for equal work; reaching a day when men and women
earn the same wage for the same work after the same time duration of work; and
I further Proclaim that the City Commission encourages citizens and businesses to have
conversations about gender parity, to explore ways in which we can address and work toward
fair pay for all in our community; and
I further Proclaim that the City of Bozeman encourages local businesses to pursue their own
hiring, promotional, and pay policies that reflect equal opportunity and gender wage equity;
and
I further Proclaim that the City of Bozeman will continue to take a leadership role in the
community. To encourage its citizens to recognize the full value of women's skills and
contributions to the labor force and take further action as citizens and businesses to help close
the gender wage gap.
Signed this 5th day of April 2022
kthia L. drus
Mayor of Bozeman