City of Columbus - File #: 0212X-2017

• File #: 0212X-2017
• Version: 1
• Type: Ceremonial Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/26/2017
• In control: Page
• On agenda: 7/31/2017
• Final action: 8/3/2017
• Title: To honor and recognize Monday, July 31st as National Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
• Sponsors: Jaiza Page, Elizabeth Brown, Mitchell Brown, Shannon G. Hardin, Michael Stinziano, Priscilla Tyson, Zach M. Klein

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/3/2017	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
8/2/2017	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/31/2017	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/31/2017	1	Columbus City Council	Adopted	Pass

Title

To honor and recognize Monday, July 31^st as National Black Women’s Equal Pay Day

Body

WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was created by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE), in 1996 to highlight the gap between men and women’s wages; and

WHEREAS, In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Law, which made it illegal to pay women lower rates for the same job as their male counterparts; and

WHEREAS, The Inaugural Black Women’s Equal Pay Day took place on May 12^th, 2012 and Black Women’s Equal Pay Day was created to draw attention to wage disparities for African American women; and

WHEREAS, For women of color, Equal Pay Day comes much later in the year. Black women have to work until July 31^st to catch up to what men were paid in 2016. According to 2015 American Community Survey data, African American women, on average, are paid 63 cents for every $1 paid to Caucasian, non-Hispanic men; and

WHEREAS, Women on average are paid 20% less than men in the U.S., black women 37% less and Hispanic women 46% less. Recently, median earnings for men in Ohio were $50,051 compared to $37,365 for women; now therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:  That this Council does hereby recognize Monday, July 31^st as Black Women’s Equal Pay Day.