House Resolution 134 - Introduced

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                                    H.R. ________ S.R. ________


  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2      BY  BERRY, FREVERT, GASKILL, GAYMAN, HEDDENS,
  1  3  HUNTER, JACOBS, JOCHUM, KRESSIG, LENSING, H. MILLER,
  1  4          L. MILLER, T. OLSON, SWAIM, WINCKLER,
  1  5                   WIENCEK, AND MERTZ
  1  6 A Resolution designating Tuesday, April 22, 2008, as
  1  7    Equal Pay Day.
  1  8    WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was originated by the
  1  9 National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public
  1 10 awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's
  1 11 and women's wages; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, despite the passage of the federal Equal
  1 13 Pay Act and Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act,
  1 14 women continue to suffer the consequences of
  1 15 inequitable pay differentials; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, despite the fact that women make up almost
  1 17 half of the American workforce, women on average still
  1 18 earn only 77 percent of men's earnings; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, a lifetime of lower wages means women have
  1 20 less income available to save for retirement and less
  1 21 income for purposes of Social Security or a pension;
  1 22 and
  1 23    WHEREAS, the goal of equal pay for equal work and
  1 24 the battle against wage discrimination must continue
  1 25 to be a priority for all Iowans; and
  1 26    WHEREAS, April 22, 2008, symbolizes the day on
  1 27 which the wages paid to American women so far in 2008,
  1 28 when added to women's earnings for all of 2007,
  1 29 finally equal the 2007 earnings of American men; NOW
  1 30 THEREFORE,
  2  1    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  2 That the House of Representatives supports the
  2  3 proposition that it is the fundamental right of all
  2  4 American women to receive equal pay for equal work and
  2  5 for that reason designates Tuesday, April 22, 2008, as
  2  6 Equal Pay Day and urges all Iowans to recognize the
  2  7 full value and worth of women and their contributions
  2  8 to the Iowa workforce.
  2  9 LSB 6531HH 82
  2 10 jr/nh/5