Warriors in the Workplace
When it comes to equal pay, the American woman is grounded in a renowned waiting room. But the number on her ticket, the term of her stay, prominently depends on where she lives and to whom she was born (Paquette). Since the 1970s, the wage gap has narrowed to 21 percent by 2014, just 79 percent of what men are paid. Many attempts to further narrow the gap through the passage of bills such as the Paycheck Fairness Act have been stalled by Republicans. In October, California took a big step towards closing the wage gap between men and women, as Governor Jerry Brown signed a pay equity law: one of the toughest in the nation (Hill). Women should be paid equally as much as men for the same work, not less. First off, women need to be able to support their family too. For example, procedures like "raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour [to] help all minimum wage workers make ends meet and disproportionately assist women, who make up 63% of this group”(Van Hollen). A woman can work just as hard as a man at her job all day, possibly longer than another man, and yet she still makes less than him. That should not be allowed, it's just not …show more content…
A new act called the "California Fair Pay Act broadens that prohibition by saying bosses cannot pay employees less than those of the opposite sex for 'substantially similar work, even if their titles are different or they work at different sites"(McGreevy). Women work equally to men: they should not be paid less if they work just as hard and just as well. We should see men and women as equal in the workplace, not different. One problem is that "Not only is there a national pay gap statistic, [but] the pay gap can also be calculated for each state." (Hill). Women work equally and just as hard as men all over the nation, but yet they are paid different amounts compared to men in different