Re: “Seattle’s pay hole between men and women simply gained’t cease rising” [March 8, Business]:
Thanks for the article by Alison Saldanha. This recent take a look at the gender pay hole provides to our rising understanding.
The American Affiliation of College Ladies has been wanting on the gender pay hole and potential options for a few years. One longtime member recalled carrying a “ ‘59 cent’ button,” the pay-gap determine in 1963 when the Equal Pay Act handed and nonetheless 59 cents within the ’70s (commemorated in 1981 by the music “59 Cents for Each Man’s Greenback” recorded by folks singer Bobbie McGee.)
The lifetime wage loss for a lady working 40 years below pay inequality of 59 cents is estimated to be over $1 million.
The determine 59 cents comes up once more once we take a look at our state pay hole numbers by legislative districts, which vary from 59 cents to 92 cents (the general state hole is 82 cents).
Why such a giant distinction? Why nonetheless 59 cents?
Equal Pay Day on March 12 was a possibility to discover the information and take into account what modifications we want in insurance policies and follow.
AAUW-WA is wanting intently at our state pay hole information and we ask our policymakers and others to hitch within the dialog.
Sandra Ripley Distelhorst, AAUW-WA public coverage director, and Homosexual Armsden, AAUW-Seattle president
