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Legislators, Advocates Observe National Equal Pay Day
Urge WV Legislature to Pass
Katherine Johnson/Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Law
When: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2021, 9:30 A.M.
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What: National Equal Pay Day is the date that women’s wages catch up to men’s from the year before. Women in the United States earn only 82 cents for every dollar earned by men and WV women earn even less than a quarter of men’s. Black women fare even worse – Equal Pay Day for Black Women is not until Aug. 3rd!
Delegates and Senators have introduced several pieces of legislation to address the pay gap and are honoring two of the women with West Virginia roots from the book and movie, Hidden Figures, Katherine Johnson Dorothy Vaughan. The bill numbers are: SB 288, HB 2121, HB 3247, SB 43
Speakers: Legislators:
Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer (Monongalia,)
Senator Bob Beach (Monongalia)
Senator Mike Caputo (Marion)
Delegate Sean Hornbuckle (Cabell)
Senator Bill Hamilton (Upshur)
Advocates:
Meredith Hartery, President, WV National Organization for Women (NOW)
Owens Brown, President, WV National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People (NAAC
Kelly Allen, Executive Director, WV Center on Budget and Policy
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