WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden marked Equal Pay Day on Tuesday by spotlighting new steps aimed at closing the gender pay gap for federal workers and contractors. And he urged private companies to do likewise. executive order that encourages — but does not order — the government to consider banning federal contractors from seeking information about job applicants’ prior salary history.
Equal Pay Day is designed to call attention to how much longer women must work to earn what men earn. has altered women’s labor force participation so that “what we’re seeing is an artificial narrowing,” said Jasmine Tucker, director of research at the National Women’s Law Center. “Over the past two years, the pandemic has only deepened these inequities, as caregiving has become more expensive and more difficult to find,” “Over a 40-year career, a woman will lose out on about $400,000. For Black women, Latina women, Native American women, that loss in wages is closer to $1 million,” Harris said.
“I think the more we connect our stories, the more we literally connect with each other,” she said, “if I’m seeing myself in union workers in Alabama and they’re seeing themselves in us or our team, it’s all kind of the same thing because we’re all dealing with the same issue.”