EAST LOS ANGELES-MONTEBELLO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN

RECOGNIZE APRIL 12TH AS EQUAL PAY DAY FOR 2011

East Los Angeles-Montebello Business and Professional Women (BPW) recognize April 12, 2011 as Equal Pay Day. Equal Pay Day calls attention to the persistent and sizable gap between men’s and women’s wages. According to latest U.S. Census Bureau on average, full-time workingwomen earned 77 cents to every dollar earned by men. The gap is even worse for women of color. Over a lifetime of work this loss adds up, as women lose out on $9,575 per year and $434,000 in a lifetime due to the wage gap. April 12th symbolizes the day when women’s wages catch up to men’s wages from the previous year. Every year in April, Business and Professional Women’s Clubs along with hundreds of other women’s, civil rights, labor, and community organizations recognize Equal Pay Day.

“The bottom line for women and businesses is that pay inflatable water slide discrimination happens and steps need to be taken to remedy it. This persistent wage gap not only impacts the economic security of women and their families today; it also directly affects women’s retirement security down the road.” said Roslyn Ridgeway, Chair of BPW Foundation.

“Women and their families can no longer afford to be shortchanged. East Los Angeles-Montebello Business and Professional Women’s Club is committed to working to eliminate the wage gap,” said Linda Wilson, East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW Past President. “We encourage businesses to pay women fairly, push for laws that will enforce current equal pay legislation and educate women on how to negotiate for higher salaries.”

East Los Angeles-Montebello Business and Professional Women usually meet the fourth Wednesday of each month at the DoubleTree Restaurant, 888 Montebello Blvd., Rosemead with networking at 6:30 P.M. and dinner at 7:00 P.M. Meetings are open to interested members of the public. The next meeting will be Wednesday, April 27th at the DoubleTree Restaurant.