Pelosi probably thinks a hotel maid should make as much as a nuclear physicist. What a dimwit.
Posted on 04/24/2007 10:57:09 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Press Releases Contact: Brendan Daly 202-226-7616 For Immediate Release 04/24/2007 Pelosi: ‘Working Women and Their Families Deserve Equal Pay for Equal Work’
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement this morning at an Education and Labor Committee hearing on equal pay:
“I want to thank the Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller for convening this critical hearing today on Strengthening the Middle Class: Ensuring Equal Pay for Women.
“I also want to recognize the leadership of Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, a champion for equal pay in the Congress, who for 10 years has been introducing the Paycheck Fairness Act.
“Over the last four decades, we have made strides in closing the wage gap between women and men. But it has not been enough. Working women now earn about 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. The earnings for African-American women are 68 percent of men’s earnings; the earnings of Hispanic women are 57 percent of men’s earnings; and the earnings of Asian-American women are 88 percent of men’s earnings.
“Today, almost four full months into the new year, women throughout the country mark the date to which they have worked just so their wages equal the same amount paid to men in the previous year. That is because it takes the average woman 16 months to earn what men earn in one calendar year. This is not just and does not reflect appropriately the contributions they make.
“For many, closing the wage gap is not just a matter of equity, but survival. Many low-wage women workers are the source of sole support for their families. Economic equity and self-sufficiency are essential to achieving the American dream. It is outrageous that women begin the quest to achieve that dream already at a deficit.
“Working women and their families deserve equal pay for equal work and I am proud that the Education and Labor Committee, led by Chairman Miller are addressing this issue today.”
That’s what day care and/or the nanny are for, silly. /s
Why does my family deserve equal pay for the work I do? They’re not doing it.
Pelosi probably thinks a hotel maid should make as much as a nuclear physicist. What a dimwit.
While in the hospital for surgery I noticed the female nurses had to ask for help to transferthe heavier patients and when none were available, had to settle for three or more female nurses to do the job that just one male nurse could do.
An important factor when considering the increasing fact that Americans are getting grossly obese.
“Strengthening the Middle Class” Oh novel idea. Now just how did they come up with that one? Could it be to combat the idea that they are destroying America by doing away with the middle class?
Don’t you just find yourself amazed at how these people can lie without a conscious?
Define “working woman.”
Define “equal pay.”
Define “equal work.”
A recuring issue that simply will never be resolved.
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