#equal pay day

🧵 THREAD: This #EqualPayDay, let’s not forget how many of our workplace rights were only secured in the last few decades.

💪✨ We need to fight for our rights.

Here’s are a few examples:

📍 In 1963, the Equal Pay Act required employers to provide equal pay for equal work regardless of gender. 

📍  In 1964, the Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination based on gender, race, religion, color, or national origin in public places, schools, and employment. Before, it was legal to refuse employment opportunities to women. 

📍  In 1978, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act made it illegal for employers to discriminate against pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

📍  In 1988, the Women's Business Ownership Act created support for women business owners and eliminated the requirement for male co-signers on loans.

📍  In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act gave some workers paid family leave, and provided job protection and security for employees who took unpaid time off to care for a relative or family member. 

📍 In 2010, the PUMP Act expanded the Break Time law, which provides key workplace protections for nursing mothers, including reasonable break time to nurse and a private place to pump.

📍 In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an employer who fires or otherwise discriminates against an individual simply for being gay or transgender is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

📍 In 2024, the Department of Labor introduced a Final Rule to end an employer's ability to pay individuals with disabilities subminimum wages. 

Today is Equal Pay Day. On average, a woman in the U.S. has to work until today — March 12th — to earn what a man was paid in the year prior. 🪙🙅🏽‍♀️💵

This #EqualPayDay, join us in bringing awareness to the gender wage gap, which is even wider for women of color. 

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Latinas only earn .54$ for a white man's 1$.

The gap between Latina pay and White Women pay is larger than the gap between White Men pay and White Women pay.

Latinas in the U.S. are paid 46% less than White Men and 26% less than White Women.

This issue doesn't only affect Latinas within the US, but extends globally especially in countries like Canada, the UK, and Spain.

Latina Equal Pay Day marks the date on the calendar year when Latinas finally make the same amount as White Men did last calendar year.

Latina Equal Pay Day used to be on October 21st, it has since moved to December 8th as the gap has increased.

How can we support Latinas in their struggle for equal pay?

Talk about it. Talk about our wage gaps, talk to your latine friends and colleagues about how much you are paid compared to how much they are.

Demand equal pay, attend marches organised by latinas. Apply pressure to your politicians.

Buy from Latina owned small businesses and support Latina owned businesses.

Donate to Latinas in need, there are plenty to find on sites such as Twitter and GoFundMe.