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54 cents for “all earners” (full-time, year-round + part-time and part-year)
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58 cents for full-time, year-round workers
Latinas are paid, on average, 54 cents to every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This number includes all Latinas with reported earnings, like part-time, seasonal, and migrant workers. For full-time, year-round workers, the wage gap is 58 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. This means, on average, that Latina workers stand to lose about 1.2 million over the course of a 40-year career due to the wage gap. These disparities are a clear reflection of the economic hurdles Latinas continue to face.
Latinas are overrepresented in industries that make them vulnerable for economic insecurity. Industries such as farmwork and domestic work are known to underpay workers and often lack basic workplace protections. Moreover, the ongoing attacks on the immigrant community will only exacerbate the pay disparities for Latina workers. These industries, and others, like restaurant work have also been targets of immigration raids making it unsafe and risky for many to attend work. And for women who are immigrants, their citizenship status often makes them more vulnerable to wage theft and sexual harassment.
This is why, for Latina Equal Pay Day this year, our call to action is to urge congressional oversight on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency that is supposed to protect workers from employment discrimination. Historically, the EEOC has acted as a safeguard for workers for decades, protecting and supporting their rights to be free from discrimination. However, since the beginning of this Administration, the EEOC left certain communities without support. As we witness the current Administration’s weakening of employment enforcement agencies, like the EEOC, we must stop and recognize the effect it will have on the lives and livelihoods of millions of workers in immigrant communities.
We will be uniting to address these glaring injustices impacting Latina workers and advocate to protect our communities. Our collective hashtags for the day will be #LatinaEqualPay and #Trabajadoras.
Please join our social media storm at 2pm ET/11am PT! Follow the #LatinaEqualPay #Trabajadoras hashtags on all social media platforms! Thank you for joining us as we fight for the economic security and safety of our communities.
Latina Equal Pay Day Co-Leads
Justice for Migrant Women | Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) | Equal Pay Today | Equal Rights Advocates
