Equal
Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on
Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event
to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages.
The day, observed on a Tuesday in April, symbolizes
how far into the year a woman must work, on average,
to earn as much as a man earned the previous year.
(Tuesday is the day on which women's wages catch up
to men's wages from the previous week.) Because women
earn less, on average, than men, they must work longer
for the same amount of pay. The wage gap is even greater
for most women of color.
For more
information, see NCPE's Equal
Pay Day Kit
or contact the NCPE.
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Next
Equal Pay Day:
Tuesday,
April 28, 2009 |
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Wear
RED on Equal Pay Day
to symbolize how far women
and minorities are "in the red"
with their pay!
On previous
Equal Pay Days, grassroots organizing on fair
pay swept local communities. Women's business and professional
associations, labor groups, civil rights organizations
and others committed to equal pay coordinated activities
to raise awareness about how to solve wage inequity.
Equal Pay Day 2007: NCPE teamed
with Women Work
and BPW-USA
to stage a rally for equal pay on the West Lawn of the
US Capitol on April 24. PHOTOS Press
release
Equal Pay Day 2006: NCPE joined forces with
The WAGE Project to encourage the formation of WAGE
Clubs.
Equal Pay Day 2005 press event
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