HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-103RESOLUTION NO. 03-103
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 15, 2003, AS
"EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN DAY" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY,
FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Plorida, has made the following determinations:
1. Forty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act and
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, women and people of color
continue to suffer the consequences of inequitable pay
differentials.
2. According to statistics released in September, 2002 by the
U. S. Census Bureau, year-round, full-time working women earned
only 76% of the earnings of year-round full-time working men;
indicating little change or progress in pay equity since 1999.
3. According to a January, 2002, report released by the
General Accounting Office (the investigative arm of Congress),
women managers in 7 of 10 industries surveyed, actually lost ground
in closing the wage gap between
4. According to
classifications provided by
Statistics in 2001, women
classification for which
occupations dominated by
registered nurses and teachers).
1995 and 2000.
an analysis of data in over 300
the U. S. Department of Labor
earn less in every occupational
enough data is available, including
women (e.g., cashiers, retail sales,
5. is
according to a U. S. Department
that, after controlling for rank,
Higher education
not free from wage discrimination
of Education analysis, reporting
age, credentials, field of study
wages,
7.
without
sectors;
and eases
economy.
8.
and other factors, full-time female faculty members earn nearly 9%
less than their male counterparts.
6. Over a working lifetime, this wage disparity costs the
average American woman and her family an estimated $250,000 in lost
impacting Social Security benefits and pensions.
Fair pay equity policies can be implemented simply and
undue costs or hardship in both the public and private
and fair pay strengthens the security of families today
future retirement costs, while enhancing the American
Tuesday, April 15tn symbolizes the day on which the wages
paid to American women catch up to the wages paid to men from the
previous year.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim Tuesday, April 15, 2003,
as "EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN DAY" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
2. This Board urges the citizens of St. Lucie County to
recognize the full value of women's skills and significant
contributions to the labor force, and further encourages businesses
to conduct an internal pay evaluation to ensure women are being
paid fairly.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 8th day of April, 2003.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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