WHY TAKE ACTION?
The gender pay gap is a very real and relevant issue in our society that is sometimes pushes to the side due to our own biases. A big reason the gender pay gap exists is because of the outdated stereotypes of "women's work" in the workforce. Jobs like teaching, being a secretary, nursing, cashiering, and working in retail are all relatively lower paying then male-dominated careers such as in finance, engineering, web development and science. To elimate these stereotypes, we ask you to encourage women interested in male-dominated careers. Because of these lower paying "women's work" jobs, many employed women are living off a minimum wage hourly salary. To get more women who are caretakers off of the poverty line, we ask you to sign a petition to raise the minimum wage to $15. Lastly, we ask you to be educated on salary laws, and make sure you are fairly negotiating your own salary. For this we have a workshop on salary negotitating linked, as well as a petition to update the Paycheck Fairness Act, the goal being to eliminate pay discrimination.
HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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- Step 1: Know the laws about salaries and ask about yours using this salary negotiation workshop
- Step 2: Sign this petition to raise the minimum wage to $15
- Step 3: Sign this petition to update Paycheck Fairness Act
- Step 4: Support women in male-dominated fields such as organizations like Girls Who Code