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Women deserve equal pay! Pass S. 728, the Paycheck Fairness Act now!

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Women—especially women of color—are the backbone of our nation’s economy. But they are consistently underpaid and their work is undervalued. Action on equal pay is sorely needed to address these inequities, but Republican Senators have blocked vital legislation, S. 728, the Paycheck Fairness Act, that would achieve critical progress. The median annual earnings for women working full time, year-round in 2022 was $52,360, or just 84 cents for each dollar earned by men, with much wider gaps for most women of color compared with white, non-Hispanic men. All women—regardless of the number of hours worked during the year—typically made $41,320, or 78 cents for each dollar earned by all men. Discrimination is one of the factors contributing to this gap, leading to thousands of dollars in lost wages for women over the course of their careers. That’s why we need the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act would strengthen existing equal pay protections, prohibit retaliation against workers who discuss their pay or challenge pay discrimination, limit employers’ reliance on salary history, and much more. These robust measures would bring us one step closer to equal pay. Women and families cannot afford to wait for equal pay. We need to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act now.

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In season one, episode two of the hit sitcom, One Day at a Time, single mother and nurse, Penelope Alvarez (Justina Machado), complains that she isn’t taken seriously as a woman at her place of work. She also discovers that her overly sexist male coworker makes more money than her and gets all the credit for her ideas. Penelope’s career field is stereotypically deemed as a “woman’s job” and when men work in these fields, they get credit for just being there and doing the bare minimum. 

Stereotyping jobs to be for a certain gender is harmful because it can affect who applies for the job, and even the pay rate. In Penelope’s situation, her male coworker was seen as “more valuable” since he was a man in a women’s career field. 

Eventually, Penelope, tired of being taken advantage of, quits her job. Her employer, Dr. Berkowitz realizes that he wasn’t giving her the credit she deserved and he couldn’t run his office without her and asks her to come back. She agrees to return if he agrees to make her pay equal with her male coworker’s and give her the credit she deserves. 

#Throwback Thursday

This gem came from the March 7th, 1957 issue of the UWM Post.  It is the first instance of a flight hostess job advertisement that we’ve found, and it’s a DOOZY!   Trans World Airlines is no longer in operation but was a major American airline company from 1924 - 2001. 

In the 1950′s, a woman’s age, marital status, and appearance were all accepted (dis)qualifiers for employment. Acceptable standards were particularly stringent in the aviation industry, so much so that the advertisement above outlines their requirements explicitly:

Age 20-27

Height 5′2″ - 5′ 8″

Weight 100-135 lbs

2 years college, or equivalent in business experience

clear complexion

good vision without glasses

unmarried

Yes, you read that correctly.....there is only one qualification that would pass muster today....at least, we hope. 

A little more history: 

Dorothy Franklin, an African American woman, applied to work for TWA twice— twice she was rejected.  Ms. Franklin was told these rejections were on the grounds of “poor skin complexion, unattractive teeth and unshapely legs.” At the time, these would have been considered acceptable reasons but Ms. Franklin knew that these were not, in fact, the case with her and that her rejection was racially motivated.  She filed a discrimination lawsuit with the New York State Commission against Discrimination. Meanwhile, Mohawk Airlines, a regional airline based out of New York, was the first to hire an African American stewardess in 1957.  Carol Taylor, who was employed by Mohawk, is a particularly noteworthy activist, educator, and public intellectual! 

Out And Equal With Erin Uritus

Published 2018-02-26 We talk with Erin Uritus. The new CEO of Out and Equal. The workplace advocates for our LGBTQIA community. Erin is also #OneOfUs Download Link

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