5 tweets that highlight actions you can take on Latina Equal Pay Day
Latina Equal Pay Day, which marks how far into the year Latina women have to work in order to earn what white, non-Latino men made in 2019, falls on Oct. 29 this year. Using the #LatinaEqualPay and #Trabajadoras hashtags, Twitter users highlighted the need for government protection to address the disparate wages.
According to LeanIn.org, Latina women make 55 cents for every dollar made by a white man, which accounts for more than 1 million dollars lost over their lifetime. Latina women are overrepresented in some of the lowest paid jobs, according to the National Women's Law Center. And, as the Economic Policy Institute reports, the population has also faced disproportionate economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
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