March 14th, National Equal Pay Day, is the symbolic date when full-time working women’s wages equal the wages earned by full-time working men in the prior year. Calculated on 2021 data, that’s 84 cents on the dollar nationally, and 88.7 cents for New York. To get serious about addressing historic wage inequality and current disruption in work for women, we must tackle all the root causes of the wage gap. New York has that opportunity now by taking bold action. See the related bills listed below.

– Wear red in solidarity on March 14!

– Watch the YouTube presentation by PowHer NY called Will the NYS Budget Prioritize Women? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1YQ8Qrc8cY

Related NYS Bills

– The Senate bill is S1978A, Raise the Wage Act, sponsored by NYS Senator Jessica Ramos.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1978

– The Assembly bill is A1710, the One Fair Wage bill, sponsored by NYS Representative Jessica González-Rojas.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A1710

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— Susan Holland, susan-holland@usa.net