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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 18 |
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| 5 | 5 | | March 24, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SINICKI, NEUBAUER, HAYWOOD, |
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| 6 | 6 | | SUBECK, DOYLE, PALMERI, OHNSTAD, GOYKE, SHELTON, DRAKE, EMERSON, |
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| 7 | 7 | | CABRERA, SHANKLAND, BILLINGS, BARE, JACOBSON, C. ANDERSON, VINING, MYERS, |
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| 8 | 8 | | CLANCY, RATCLIFF, CONLEY, MOORE OMOKUNDE, BALDEH, SNODGRASS, CONSIDINE, |
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| 9 | 9 | | J. ANDERSON, JOERS, ANDRACA, STUBBS, RIEMER, HONG, MCGUIRE, MADISON and |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORTIZ-VELEZ, cosponsored by Senators L. JOHNSON, AGARD, SMITH, LARSON, |
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| 11 | 11 | | HESSELBEIN, CARPENTER, WIRCH, ROYS, TAYLOR, PFAFF and SPREITZER. Referred |
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| 12 | 12 | | to Committee on Rules. |
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| 13 | 13 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 14 | 14 | | Relating to: observing Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas, Equal Pay Day occurs each year on the day that symbolizes how far |
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| 16 | 16 | | into the new year women must work full time to earn the same wages that their male |
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| 17 | 17 | | counterparts earned the previous year; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas, since World War II, when Wisconsin women worked in factories and |
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| 19 | 19 | | shipyards, Wisconsin women remain among the most likely in the United States to |
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| 20 | 20 | | be in the paid workforce, consistently ranking among the top 10 of states; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Whereas, in 2021, about 63 percent of Wisconsin women age 16 years and older |
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| 22 | 22 | | were in the civilian labor force; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas, 2023 marks 104 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment by |
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| 24 | 24 | | Congress on June 4, 1919, which was one of the first steps in providing equal rights |
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| 25 | 25 | | to women; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | Whereas, working Wisconsin women contribute to a profoundly better quality |
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| 27 | 27 | | of life in our state by significantly raising the incomes of their families and their |
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| 28 | 28 | | communities; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2023 - 2024 Legislature |
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| 47 | 47 | | Whereas, Wisconsin narrowed its pay equity gap between 2004, when women |
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| 48 | 48 | | earned on average 29 cents less per dollar than men, and 2021, when women earned |
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| 49 | 49 | | on average 17 cents less per dollar; and |
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| 50 | 50 | | Whereas, in 2021, Asian women earned 21 cents less per dollar than Asian men, |
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| 51 | 51 | | Hispanic women earned 12 cents less than Hispanic men, and Black women earned |
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| 52 | 52 | | 6 cents less than Black men; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | Whereas, continued progress in narrowing the pay equity gap in Wisconsin will |
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| 54 | 54 | | help to maintain Wisconsin families' high quality of life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 55 | 55 | | Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the legislature |
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| 56 | 56 | | recognizes Wednesday, March 15, 2023, as Equal Pay Day for all working women in |
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| 57 | 57 | | Wisconsin. |
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