Equal Pay

ICYMI: Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

This week marked Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. In today’s America, Native American women must work until September 23, 2019 to make what a white man earned in the year 2018. That means that it takes a native woman to 21 months of income to equate to 12 months of a white man’s income, Native women make 58 cents on the dollar. Read More

ICYMI: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

This week marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. In today’s America, black women must work until August 22, 2019 to make what a white man earned in the year 2018. 61 cents on the dollar, is what black women make in comparison to white men, and given the motherhood pay gap, that number decreases to 54 cents on the dollar. Read More

The Case of Two Mothers’ Days . . . & Your Union-Made Gift Guide

This Sunday, millions of us will come together and say happy Mothers’ Day to the women who nurture, raise and birth us. The gift of life is an incredible thing, but the gifts our Mothers bring to our lives really only begin at birth. Taking care of children when their sick, making sure homework gets done, keeping homes livable, dropping off and picking up from countless after-school before-school and weekend activities, and being an invaluable (even sole) bread-winner for their households, are only a few of the work of motherhood. Read More