Full Text of SR0149 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE 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 82 cents on
the dollar | 9 | | compared to men working full time and year round; in Illinois, | 10 | | women earn 81 cents on the dollar compared to men; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The wage gap is even greater for most women of | 12 | | color; Black women earn 63 cents on the dollar, Native | 13 | | American women earn 60 cents on the dollar, and Latina women | 14 | | earn 55 cents on the dollar; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, By comparison, in 2020, women earned no more than | 16 | | 80 cents on the dollar; women in Illinois earned 79 cents on | 17 | | the dollar; Black women earned 61 cents on the dollar; Latina | 18 | | women earned 53 cents on the dollar; women did not receive | 19 | | equal pay for 12 months of work in 2019 until March 31, 2020; | 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The pay gap has been shown to start as soon as one
| 2 | | year after college; this inequality affects not only women but
| 3 | | also their families and society as a whole; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The pay gap between women and men has long-term
| 5 | | effects on women's economic security; such a gap affects
| 6 | | women's Social Security earnings, their ability to save for
| 7 | | retirement, and their children's education; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Pay equity is closely linked to the eradication | 9 | | of
poverty and is essential to having a highly-motivated
| 10 | | workforce; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was originated by the National
| 12 | | Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to
| 13 | | illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages; the day | 14 | | symbolizes how far into the year a woman
must work, on average, | 15 | | to earn as much as a man earned the
previous year, with Tuesday | 16 | | being the day in which women's
wages catch up to men's wages | 17 | | from the previous week; because
women earn less on average | 18 | | than men, they must work longer for
the same amount of pay; | 19 | | this wage gap is even greater for most
women of color; although | 20 | | Equal Pay Day represents all women, Black Women's Equal Pay | 21 | | Day is August 3, 2021, Native American Women's Equal Pay Day is | 22 | | September 8, 2021, and Latina Equal Pay Day is October 21, | 23 | | 2021; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Equal pay is a priority for all women and for our
| 2 | | society at large; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare March 24, | 5 | | 2021 as Equal Pay Day in the State of Illinois in order to | 6 | | raise awareness about this endemic inequity.
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