HomeMy WebLinkAboutH1. Equal Pay Proc PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING EQUAL PAY DAY
Whereas April 12th, 2016, was recognized as “Equal Pay Day,” which is the day up to which women had
to work this year in order to achieve the same earnings that men achieved on January 1st, 2016;
Whereas in the United States, women earn 71 cents to the man’s dollar and in Montana women earn 67
cents to the man’s dollar;
Whereas this wage gap exists in nearly every occupation, in all industries, in every state, across all
countries, at all educations levels, and in the private, government, and nonprofit sectors;
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;
Whereas the Bozeman City Commission passed in June of 2015 the Equal Pay for Equal Work Resolution
4601 and have, since its passage, taken steps to collect data and identify tools that will assist in the
diversification of city positions, encourage the use of innovative and improved HR Resources, and help
the City of Bozeman to be an active example in the effort to close the gender wage gap;
Whereas in the Equal Pay for Equal Work Resolution 4601 the City of Bozeman committed to
commemorate Equal Pay Day each year and to 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;
Now, therefore, as the Mayor of Bozeman, I hereby Proclaim that the City of Bozeman, Montana
observes and recognizes Equal Pay Day, a day whose meaning and purpose needs to be dissolved by
achieving Equal Pay for Equal Work and by reaching a day when men and women earn the same wage
for the same work after the same duration of work; and
I Further Proclaim that the City of Bozeman encourages local businesses to consider their own hiring,
promotional and pay policies and hold them to standards that reflect equal opportunity and gender
wage equity; and
I Further Proclaim that the City of Bozeman encourages citizens and businesses to join the City
Commission in attending the 2016 State Equal Pay Summit, presented by the Governor’s State Equal Pay
for Equal Work Task Force and hosted by Montana State University on May 2nd and 3rd, to learn together
through workshops and dialogue more ways in which we can address and work toward fair pay for all in
our community and for all Montanans.
__________________ April 18, 2016
Mayor , Carson Taylor
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