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Gender Equality Advocates Advance Pay Equity at State Level
According to the National Women’s Law Center, on average over a 40-year career, a woman can expect to earn $462,000 less than a man. For a woman of color, this figure rises to more than a $1 million gap in lifetime earnings. (…)
The campaign to end the tipped minimum wage could help narrow this wage and earnings gap, given that the restaurant industry, particularly in lower wage jobs, disproportionately hires women of color. As Diana Ramirez, senior manager of policy and coalitions at National Women’s Law Center, tells NPQ, a group called One Fair Wage has supported a national campaign for all workers to earn the same minimum wage. Ramirez points out the impacts of the change: “In the seven states where there is already that One Fair Wage policy, women have less poverty, less dependence on social services.”
