LCLAA Calls for Equal Pay for Working Mothers
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Dear LCLAA Members and Allies,
Throughout the year LCLAA joins our sisters, brothers, siblings, and allies to remind employers that equal work deserves equal pay. LCLAA has played a key role in this fight, constantly campaigning, helping to narrow pay disparities for all workers. Yet, mothers still only earn 75 cents for every dollar a father earns. To be paid what men were paid in 2021, mothers would have had to work an additional nine months, until this very day, September 8th.
Latina mothers would have to work even longer, three more months, well into December, to receive the same pay. We face one of the worst pay gaps in the country, earning only 46 cents for every dollar a White, non-Latino man earns. There is no reason why a section of our workforce, especially one so prevalent, should be subjected to pay discrimination.
The current labor standards are failing this nation’s 23 million employed mothers. Most jobs lack necessary support for working moms - paid family and medical leave, childcare opportunities or subsidies, flexible schedules - and continue to look down on women who take time off to care for their families.
On Mom’s Equal Pay Day, LCLAA recommits itself to paying workers equally for equal work. I urge every single LCLAA member to spread the word about the union difference and how unions and collective bargaining agreements combat pay discrimination. I urge every single one of you to ask yourself, how is your union protecting the mothers in your membership? And I urge all of you to take it upon yourself to consider how your employer is an ally in this fight.
In Solidarity,
Yanira Merino
National President of LCLAA
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Upcoming SOLD OUT 50th Anniversary Gala
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LCLAA National invites all of our members to LCLAA's 50th Anniversary Gala on September 28, 2022, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Our Gala would not be possible without our sponsors. Thank you to AARP, Labor CU, Ullico, UA, IW, IBEW, AFSCME, LiUNA, IAM, ATU, UMWA and IUBAC for your commitment to supporting and growing the Latino labor movement! For more information, check out our website.
LCLAA National invita a todos nuestros miembros a la Gala del 50 Aniversario de LCLAA el 28 de septiembre de 2022 en el Hotel Mayflower en Washington, D.C. Nuestra gala no sería posible sin nuestros patrocinadores. ¡Gracias a AARP, Labor CU, Ullico, UA, IW, IBEW, AFSCME, LiUNA, IAM, ATU, UMWA y IUBAC por su compromiso de apoyar y hacer crecer el movimiento laboral latino! Para más información, Échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web.
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El Avance is published by the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the leading national organization for Latino(a) workers and their families. LCLAA was born in 1972 out of the need to educate, organize and mobilize Latinos in the labor movement and has expanded its influence to organize Latinos in an effort to impact workers' rights and their influence in the political process. LCLAA represents the interest of more than 2 million Latino workers in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), The Change to Win Federation, and independent unions. Visit us on the web at lclaa.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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