Each year, the women's rights community highlights gender and racial wage gaps on various “equal pay days.” The most well-known is National Equal Pay Day in April, when the earnings of women overall finally catch up to the earnings of men from the previous year. While women typically earn 80 cents for every dollar earned by men, the wage gap is even wider for women of color. Latinas have the largest wage gap. Per the most recent available data, Latinas are paid just 53 cents for every dollar earned by White, non-Hispanic men. This means they have to work nearly 23 months to earn what White men earn in 12 months. This disparity hurts not only Latinas, but also the families and communities they support.
Join LCLAA for Latina Equal Pay Day: National Day of Action & Power Summit in Atlanta, Georgia this November 1 to learn more about the inequality that Latinas face and to stand with trabajadoras to demand equal and fair pay across occupations.
WHAT: Latina Equal Pay Day: National Day of Action & Power Summit
WHEN: Thursday, November 1 from 11:00 - 4:00 PM ET
WHERE: International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)
5403 Dividend Dr, Decatur, GA 30035-3815, United States
If you can't join us in Atlanta you can still TAKE ACTION:
1. Share the images and captions we have specifically created in English and in Spanish for Latina Equal Pay Day
2. Print posters, take a picture, and post them on social media. Make sure you use the hashtags #LatinaEqualPay and #Trabajadoras and tag us @LCLAA
3. If you are canvassing or phone banking, feel free to use this script
4. Host an event with your Chapter or Local and share data and reports about the Latina gender pay gap
5. If you can't attend or host and event, help us promote our event by sharing it on social media and spreading the word throughout your networks and communities
6. Visit www.latinaequalpay.org to learn more!
Latina Equal Pay Day Social Media Storm -- Thursday, November 1 @ 2:00 pm ET
Latina Equal Pay Day -- the day when Latina pay catches up to that of White, non-Hispanic men from the previous year -- is being observed on November 1, 2018. More than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, Latinas typically earn only 53 cents for every dollar earned by White, non-Hispanic men and must work nearly 23 months to earn what white men earn in 12 months. Indeed, given that this is the last "Equal Pay Day" observance of the year, Latinas must typically work longer than ... everyone. This disparity hurts not only Latinas, but also the families and communities they support. This is unacceptable. We need to act now and let everyone know that we support #LatinaEqualPay and we VOTE! Join the #LatinaEqualPay Day Social Media Storm on November 1 at 2:00 pm ET!
WHAT: #LatinaEqualPay Day Social Media Storm
WHEN: Thursday, November 1 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM ET (1:00 pm CT/12:00 pm MT/11:00 am PT)
WHERE: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the primary hashtag #LatinaEqualPay and secondary hashtags #Trabajadoras, and #DemandMore.
Sign-up to Co-Sponsor the Social Media Storm by October 31, 2018 at 5:00pm. or receive more information at: https://goo.gl/forms/qWIRi3VkS3le3RQk2
Participating organizations will be given access in advance to a #LatinaEqualPay Day Resource Toolkit, which will include translated resources.
If you would like to have English language content translated into Spanish, please submit it to the shared toolkit no later than October 24, 2018 via https://goo.gl/forms/RVvHPCvOwMQkNsZI3
OR by emailing latinaequalpay@lclaa.us. All submissions can be made this way. The LCLAA team will be updating the shared social media kit on a rolling basis. All logos will be updated and added to the www.latinaequalpay.org website following the deadline to sign on as a co-sponsor.
Contribute to the toolkit at https://goo.gl/forms/RVvHPCvOwMQkNsZI3 or email latinaequalpay@lclaa.us.
Feel free to forward this email to your allies.
Thank you, and we look forward to working with you on behalf of Latina equal pay!
In Solidarity,
LCLAA National
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