LCLAA on Latina Equal Pay
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Dear LCLAA Members and Allies,
Latina Equal Pay Day serves as a reminder that Latinas continue to be widely underpaid for their work. In 2021 Latinas were only paid 54 cents for every dollar paid to a White non-Latino man. Meaning, Latinas have to work almost 23 months to earn what their white male counterparts earned in half that time.
While December 8th will serve as a reminder of this disparity, it is not a reminder for us. For we feel the pay disparity everyday. The Latinas in your life feel it when our employers fail to take us seriously, as we are constantly underestimated by our coworkers, and in the way we are overlooked for promotions. We feel it as we try to support our families.
Instead, Latina Equal Pay Day is a reminder to all the people that falsely believe that the fight for Latino/a equality has already been accomplished. It is a reminder to all the employers and organizations that view us as an afterthought.
More than anything, Latina Equal Pay Day is a reminder that unions and collective bargaining continue to be the best tool to bridge the pay gap. If we want to stand for Latinas we must unionize our workplaces and show solidarity to the unionizing efforts taking place across the nation. There is no better way to ensure that we are all paid our worth.
In solidarity,
Yanira Merino
National President of LCLAA
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A huge shoutout to our Los Angeles and DC Metro Chapters for their successful events the past few weeks.
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Find out more information about the LCLAA events here!
December 6: Join LCLAA Chicago Metro and Trabajadoras Fellows for a Latina Equal Pay Day Panel & Action this Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at 6 pm at the National Mexican Museum of Art.
December 8: Join LCLAA Central Florida for their Annual Christmas Toy Drive.
December 8: Join LCLAA, Justice for Migrant Women, MANA and Equal Pay Today for the 2022 Latina Equal Pay Day Summit in Washington DC
December 10: Join LCLAA Central Florida for their Free Citizenship Clinic.
December 10: Join LCLAA LA for the Navidad con LCLAA Toy Distribution.
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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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