HomeMy WebLinkAbout047 Equal Pay Day Proclamation - Word - 02.18.2016PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, more than 50 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women, especially
minority women, continue to suffer the consequences of unequal pay; and
WHEREAS, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, women working full time, year round
in 2014 typically earned 79 percent of what men earned, indicating little change or
progress in pay equity; and
WHEREAS, according to Graduating to a Pay Gap, a 2012 research report by the American
Association of University Women (AAUW), the gender pay gap is evident one year after
college graduation, even after controlling for factors known to affect earnings, such as
occupation, hours worked, and college major; and
WHEREAS, in 2009 the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was signed into law, which gives
back to employees their day in court to challenge a pay gap, and now we must pass the
Paycheck Fairness Act, which would amend the Equal Pay Act by closing loopholes and
improving the law’s effectiveness; and
WHEREAS, nearly four in 10 mothers are primary breadwinners in their households, and
nearly two-thirds are primary or significant earners, making pay equity critical to
families’ economic security; and
WHEREAS, a lifetime of lower pay means women have less income to save for retirement
and less income counted in a Social Security or pension benefit formula; and
WHEREAS, according to AAUW’s state roadmap for California women in California in
2014 earned just 84% of what men earned.
NOW, therefore, be it resolved, that the Mayor and City Council of Cupertino, do hereby
recognize April Twelfth, Two Thousand and Sixteen as
Equal Pay Day
in Cupertino and urge residents to recognize the full value of women’s skills and
significant contributions to the labor force and further encourage businesses to conduct an
internal pay evaluation to ensure women are being paid fairly.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of
Cupertino to be affixed this Tuesday, March Fifteenth, Two Thousand and Sixteen.
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Barry Chang, Mayor