(Brooklyn, NY) -- Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, who Chair’s the Task Force on Women’s Issues, and heads the Brooklyn Democratic Party released the following statement on Equal Pay Day:
“As long as we don’t have equal pay, we don’t have equal justice. Today signifies the day of the year that women’s wages catch up with men’s. For AAPI women, that day is May 3, for Black women, September 21, and for Latina women that day does not come until December 8.
We are still living in a ‘broken rung’ system, where women do not progress to promotions at the same rate as men - and the pandemic has further rolled back women’s rights in the workplace - and pushed many out of the workforce altogether. Indeed, we have a long way to go to achieving true equality.
Let us use the momentum of this day to continue to demand equal pay for equal work. To achieve that we have to prioritize women all year round. We have to pass national paid parental leave policies, increase pay transparency, make childcare affordable for all, and expand opportunities and mentorship programs for female entrepreneurs.”
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