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2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 18
March 24, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SINICKI, NEUBAUER, HAYWOOD,
SUBECK, DOYLE, PALMERI, OHNSTAD, GOYKE, SHELTON, DRAKE, EMERSON,
CABRERA, SHANKLAND, BILLINGS, BARE, JACOBSON, C. ANDERSON, VINING, MYERS,
CLANCY, RATCLIFF, CONLEY, MOORE OMOKUNDE, BALDEH, SNODGRASS, CONSIDINE,
J. ANDERSON, JOERS, ANDRACA, STUBBS, RIEMER, HONG, MCGUIRE, MADISON and
ORTIZ-VELEZ, cosponsored by Senators L. JOHNSON, AGARD, SMITH, LARSON,
HESSELBEIN, CARPENTER, WIRCH, ROYS, TAYLOR, PFAFF and SPREITZER. Referred
to Committee on Rules.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Relating to: observing Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin.
Whereas, Equal Pay Day occurs each year on the day that symbolizes how far
into the new year women must work full time to earn the same wages that their male
counterparts earned the previous year; and
Whereas, since World War II, when Wisconsin women worked in factories and
shipyards, Wisconsin women remain among the most likely in the United States to
be in the paid workforce, consistently ranking among the top 10 of states; and
Whereas, in 2021, about 63 percent of Wisconsin women age 16 years and older
were in the civilian labor force; and
Whereas, 2023 marks 104 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment by
Congress on June 4, 1919, which was one of the first steps in providing equal rights
to women; and
Whereas, working Wisconsin women contribute to a profoundly better quality
of life in our state by significantly raising the incomes of their families and their
communities; and
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Whereas, Wisconsin narrowed its pay equity gap between 2004, when women
earned on average 29 cents less per dollar than men, and 2021, when women earned
on average 17 cents less per dollar; and
Whereas, in 2021, Asian women earned 21 cents less per dollar than Asian men,
Hispanic women earned 12 cents less than Hispanic men, and Black women earned
6 cents less than Black men; and
Whereas, continued progress in narrowing the pay equity gap in Wisconsin will
help to maintain Wisconsin families' high quality of life; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the legislature
recognizes Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day for all working women in
Wisconsin.
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