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Austin (34) Graham (29) O'Connor (41) Holmes (7) Harris (8) Foulkes (15) Silverstein (50) Resolution
Declaration of April 8, 2014 as "Pay Equity Day" in Chicago
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MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL
presented by CITY CLERK SUSANA A. MENDOZA on APRIL 2, 2014
Whereas , The future of our nation's productivity and competitiveness in the global marketplace depends on the success of all men and women; and
WHEREAS, Women have been discriminated against in education, the workplace, and society as a whole; and
WHEREAS, Women .continue to earn no more than. 78 cents on the dollar compared to rrien; and
WHEREAS, The pay gap has-been shown to start, as soon as one year after college; this inequality affects not oniy women, but their families and spciety as a whole; and V
/ WHEREAS, The pay gap between women and men has Ibng-term effects on worhen's economic security; such a gap affects women's Social Security earnings) their ability to save for retirement, and their children's education; and
WHEREAS, Pay equity is closely linked to the eradication of poverty and Is essential to having a highly-motivated workforce; and
WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to.'.illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages; the day, observed 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, with Tuesday being the day In 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; this wage gap Is even greater for most women of color; and
WHEREAS, Equal pay is a priority for all women and for our society at large; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and members of the Chicago City
Council, assembled this second day o...
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