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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The future of our nation's productivity and |
| 3 | | competitiveness in the global marketplace depends on the |
| 4 | | success of all men and women; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Women have been discriminated against in |
| 6 | | education, the workplace, and society as a whole; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Women continue to earn no more than 80 cents on |
| 8 | | the dollar compared to men; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, The wage gap is even greater for most women of |
| 10 | | color; Asian American women earn 99 cents, Native Hawaiian and |
| 11 | | Pacific Islander women earn 66 cents, African American women |
| 12 | | earn 64 cents, and Latina women earn 57 cents for every dollar |
| 13 | | earned by a man; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day, representing all women, is |
| 15 | | celebrated this year on March 12; Equal Pay Day was originated |
| 16 | | by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public |
| 17 | | awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and |
| 18 | | women's wages; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, The pay gap has been shown to start as soon as one |
| 20 | | year after college; this inequality affects not only women but |
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| 1 | | their families and society as a whole; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The pay gap between women and men has long-term |
| 3 | | effects on women's economic security; such a gap affects |
| 4 | | women's Social Security earnings, their ability to save for |
| 5 | | retirement, and their children's education; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Pay equity is closely linked to the eradication |
| 7 | | of poverty and is essential to having a highly-motivated |
| 8 | | workforce; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the year a |
| 10 | | woman must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned |
| 11 | | the previous year, with Tuesday being the day in which women's |
| 12 | | wages catch up to men's wages from the previous week; because |
| 13 | | women earn less on average than men, they must work longer for |
| 14 | | the same amount of pay; this wage gap is even greater for most |
| 15 | | women of color; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Equal pay is a priority for all women and for our |
| 17 | | society at large; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 19 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 20 | | we declare March 12, 2024 as Pay Equity Day in the State of |
| 21 | | Illinois; and be it further
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