SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Women leaders in business, labor, community, government and hundreds of Equal Pay supporters came together today to recognize National Equal Pay Day -- the day in 2013 that represents how far into this year the average woman must work to make as much as the average man earned in 2012.
Today, SEIU Local 1021 and Supervisor Malia Cohen released the following video recognizing National Equal Pay Day. The video will be shown during the Board of Supervisors meeting and can be viewed here: [ Ссылка ]
During the press conference on the San Francisco City Hall steps, District 10 Supervisor Cohen and other Supervisors will announce a resolution that will be voted on at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors to declare April 9th, Equal Pay Day in San Francisco.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women are still paid only 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid. The pay gap widens for working Latinas earning 54 cents and African-American women earning 66 cents on the dollar as compared with men.
While elected officials from President Obama to San Francisco supervisors recommit to closing the pay gap between men and women on National Equal Pay Day, San Francisco Human Resources Department Administrators recently announced plans to cut wages in 16 job classifications predominantly held by women and people of color, while leaving the pay of many workers in classes held predominantly by white and male workers untouched.
City workers in these 16 classifications—from legal secretaries and pay roll clerks to licensed vocational nurses, eligibility workers and child support workers—are targeted for wage cuts.
"If wages women earn are already lagging behind, cutting their wages will only worsen the pay gap we are trying so hard to close," said President of SEIU local 1021 Roxanne Sanchez.
SEIU Local 1021 represents over 54,000 employees in city and county governments, non-profit agencies, health care programs and schools throughout Northern California. www.seiu1021.org
