The post Today is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day appeared first on IAMAW. For more information on APALA visit their website at. Constituency groups like the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) also work tirelessly to help this socioeconomic injustice change. It has been shown that unions help women receive higher and more fair wages and better benefits, including paid family and medical leave. March 9 is AAPIEqualPay Daythe approximate day in 2021 when the average Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) woman working full-time year round finally catches up to what the average white, non-Hispanic man earned in 2020. Unions, like the IAM, help to narrow and hopefully one day will eliminate the gender wage gap. In reality, many AAPI women struggle to afford necessities including health care and housing because of the gender and racial discrimination that leads to unequal pay (NAPAWF). When each populations is represented statistically, a more complex truth emerges as you can see in the chart below. Lumping these groups together creates a misleading narrative that all AAPIs are well off and don’t need support. Between 20, some AAPI ethnic subgroups earned as low as 52 cents per dollar. On average, AANHPI women earn only 75 cents for every dollar that white, non-Hispanic men make.ĪAHPIs includes 50+ ethnic subgroups that speak 100+ languages & dialects. Census numbers, which reveal that the average full-time woman earns just 83 of what a full-time male earns. This data is based on the most recent U.S. This symbolic day represents how long into the year women must labor to get the same wage as men did the year before. This marks the date it takes for these women’s earnings to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men made in 2021 for doing the same work. Women’s Equal Pay Day is observed on May 3. Is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AAHPI) women’s Equal Pay Day.
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