equal pay day, gender wage gap

It will take two centuries for the gender wage gap to close for Latinas if we do nothing

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March 24 marks Equal Pay Day for all women. The day was officially established in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) as a symbolic representation of how far into this year women must work to catch up to what men made in the previous year. Women working full-time, year-round are typically paid just 82 cents for every dollar paid to men. That is just the statistic for women in general, but the gender wage gap is much wider for minority women, especially Latinas. 
Covid19, poultry farms

Poultry farms and Latino workers at the forefront of COVID-19

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Poultry farms are at the forefront of COVID-19 contagion. When you are enjoying your barbecue chicken or chicken wings this Memorial Day weekend, think of those Latino workers employed at poultry farms that are subject to discrimination, exploitation and inhumane working conditions, now with new coronavirus cases in the thousands.
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New Jersey is stepping up efforts for unemployed workers and freelancers

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To better serve the unemployed workers hit by COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey is stepping up its efforts by temporarily suspending the “work search requirement” for laid off workers and creating a jobs portal...
Latinas Equal Pay Day

How Latinas Equal Pay Day 47 percent pay gap hurts big business

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Latinas Equal Pay Day is a reminder that Latinas have to work all of 2017 and until this DAY in 2018 to catch up with what white men earned in 2017 alone.
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4 Best sites to review your salary

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You can review your salary in several sites that keep an accurate…
Elizabeth Warren MS US Senator family paid leave

A Mother’s Day paid family leave message resonates with working parents

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Laws are not approved in a day, but we need to start the paid family leave conversation at a national level. Working parents, working moms and just working people all around the country need to start the conversation
CEO Jeff Smisek, United Airlines

A disturbing reality in corporate America, white collar crime rewarded

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It wouldn’t be right to ignore the battle that many women workers –among which Latinas are a part of–are fighting for their rights in the workplace.