Full Text of HR0751 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The future of our nation's productivity and
| 3 | | competitiveness in the global marketplace depends on the
| 4 | | success of all men and women; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Women have been discriminated against in
| 6 | | education, the workplace, and society as a whole; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Nationally, women working full time and year | 8 | | round continue to earn no more than 83 cents on
the dollar | 9 | | compared to men working full time and year round; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The wage gap is even greater for most women of | 11 | | color; Asian American and Pacific Islander women earn 75 cents | 12 | | on the dollar; Black women earn 58 cents on the dollar; Native | 13 | | American women earn 50 cents on the dollar; Latina women earn | 14 | | 49 cents on the dollar; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The pay gap has been shown to start as soon as one
| 16 | | year after college; this inequality affects not only women but
| 17 | | also their families and society as a whole; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The pay gap between women and men has long-term
| 19 | | effects on women's economic security; such a gap affects
| 20 | | women's Social Security earnings, their ability to save for
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| 1 | | retirement, and their children's education; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Pay equity is closely linked to the eradication | 3 | | of
poverty and is essential to having a highly-motivated
| 4 | | workforce; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was originated by the National
| 6 | | Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to
| 7 | | illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages; the day | 8 | | symbolizes how far into the year a woman
must work, on average, | 9 | | to earn as much as a man earned the
previous year, with Tuesday | 10 | | being the day in which women's
wages catch up to men's wages | 11 | | from the previous week; because
women earn less on average | 12 | | than men, they must work longer for
the same amount of pay; | 13 | | this wage gap is even greater for most
women of color; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Although Equal Pay Day represents all women, | 15 | | Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women's | 16 | | Equal Pay Day is May 3, 2022, Black Women's Equal Pay Day is | 17 | | September 21, 2022, Native American Women's Equal Pay Day is | 18 | | November 30, 2022, and Latina Equal Pay Day is December 8, | 19 | | 2022; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Equal pay is a priority for all women and for our
| 21 | | society at large; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we declare March 15, 2022 as Equal Pay Day in the State of | 4 | | Illinois in order to raise awareness about this endemic | 5 | | inequity.
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