Gender Equality

We Need Data on Equal Pay

We can’t end pay discrimination and close wage gaps if employers can hide the fact they are paying women and people of color less. Tell the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to move forward on developing revised equal pay data collection.
Sign the Petition

Women are breadwinners. In fact 42% of working women in the United States are the sole breadwinner for their families, so the pay gap not only affects women but their families as well.

Employers need to recognize the time all working families need to care for their loved ones. We need laws that acknowledge the challenges that working families face.

Working people in unions are dedicated to fair schedules, fair wages, access to affordable health care and child care, and paid leave for all working families and women who are disproportionately affected.

 

7
The extra months a black woman has to work to earn what a white man in the same job makes in one year.
Did You Know
The wage gap costs the average full-time U.S. woman worker between $700,000 and $2 million over the course of her work life.
66
The number, in cents, a Hawaiian/Pacific Islander woman is paid for every dollar a white man is paid.
Did You Know
The gender pay gap costs women $513 billion in lost wages a year.

What We’re Doing

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Unions are Fighting for Families by Supporting Women and Rejecting the Status Quo

Women in the workplace have made major strides. Women currently make up 48% of the workforce and are the sole or primary breadwinner for 40% of families in the United States. Yet most family responsibilities still rest on women’s shoulders and, too often, women put in a full day’s work only to come home and clock in for a second shift.
Convention Resolution

Resolution 19: Diverse and Inclusive Leadership for a Thriving Labor Movement

The AFL-CIO must recommit itself to diversity and inclusion at all levels and in all parts of our movement. It’s clear that resolve is not enough; we need accountability and action.
Convention Resolution

Resolution 13: Freedom to Spend Time With Family

Women want new rules for an economy that works for all working people equally, and the freedom to build lives of value.
Blog

Together We Can Make Pay Equity a Reality for All Working Women

On the anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, women are still fighting to achieve equal pay for equal work.
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Trump Administration’s Proposed Reversal of Contraceptive Services Coverage Is Wrong for Working Women and Families

The Donald Trump administration’s draft proposal to reverse the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers and health plans cover most contraceptive services at no cost is wrong for working women and families.
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Register for Webinar on Union Support for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Workers

The AFL-CIO and community partners are hosting a workshop on the role that unions can play in promoting protections for pregnant and breastfeeding workers.