HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-24-23 Public Comment - J. Strout - Black Women's Equal Pay Day, Raising Wages, Closing Pay Gaps_ Tackling Fair Pay for Black WomenFrom:Jan Strout
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Subject:[EXTERNAL]Black Women"s Equal Pay Day on July 27th Watch now | Raising Wages, Closing Pay Gaps: Tackling FairPay for Black Women
Date:Monday, July 24, 2023 3:34:55 PM
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Dear Bozeman City for CEDAW Task Force,
Important to remember and address intersectional disparities in pay equity and economic
fairness/justice supports.
Excellent resource here and with the Institute for Women's Policy research - which weused extensively over the years to document the data for our Equal Pay and Bozeman
City for CEDAW Resolutions. Women Earn Less Than Men Whether They Work in the Same or in Different
Occupations - IWPR
Numbers Matter: Women Working in Construction - IWPR
And since the current Governor abolished in January 2021, the Governor's Task Force on
Equal Pay for Equal Work and all related research in the Department of Labor and
Industry on Pay Equity in Montana.
In sisterhood and solidarity,Jan
Jan Strout
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co-leader, Bozeman City for CEDAW women's human rights Task Force
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Raising Wages, Closing PayGaps
Tackling Fair Pay for Black Women
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Edwith Theogene
Senior Director, Racial Equity and Justice, Center for American Progress
IN CONVERSATION
Jocelyn Frye
President, National Partnership for Women & Families
Rose Khattar
Director of Economic Analysis, Inclusive Economy, Center for American Progress
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is observed on July 27, and just a few
days earlier, July 24, marks 14 years since the last time the federal
minimum wage was raised. These two days are inextricably
connected to the fact that Black women are overrepresented among
low-wage workers. Black women and their families have suffered for
too long due to Congress’ failure—as well as the failure of many
states and localities—to raise the minimum wage. Even though we
tend to discuss the pay gap in cents, it adds up to thousands of
dollars in lost income each year for Black women, accumulating as
severe impacts on retirement and older age. While progress on
closing the pay gap has been far too slow, one way that Congress
could take meaningful action is by raising the minimum wage.
Watch this recorded event to hear Jocelyn Frye, president of the
National Partnership for Women & Families, and Rose Khattar,
director of economic analysis for Inclusive Economy at the Center for
American Progress, discuss the connection between raising the
minimum wage and Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. Edwith
Theogene, senior director for Racial Equity and Justice at CAP, will
deliver opening remarks.
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