PG&E'S 2016 CONVICTION FOR
CRIMES BEFORE AND AFTER THE
DEADLY PIPELINE EXPLOSION.
TODAY IS EQUAL PAY DATE AND
IT IS A DATE TO MARK OUR FOR
INTO THE YEAR WOMEN MUST WORK
TO WORK AS MUCH IS MENDED.
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE GENDER PAY
GAP.
Reporter: DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN GATHERED TO RAISE
A WOMEN ON EQUAL PAY DAY.
I HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THIS DAY AGAIN.
WE WILL HAVE FINALLY ACHIEVED
PAY EQUITY.
LENDING THEM HER STAR POWER
WAS MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
WHEN A PERSON OR A GROUP OF
PEOPLE ACKNOWLEDGE ARE WORTH
YOU SEEK TO MEET THAT WORTH.
STUDY SHOW THE GAP HAS
NARROWED BUT WOMEN ON AVERAGE
STILL MAKE AROUND $.80 TO EVERY
DOLLAR MEANT EARN.
IT IS LARGER FOR WOMEN OF
COLOR.
WE NEED TO STRENGTHEN OUR
EQUAL PAY LAWS.
PAY DISCRIMINATION IS HARD TO
CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO
PROVE THAT YOU ARE BEING PAID
CLASS.
THE HOUSE WITH A RECORD
NUMBER OF FEMALE MEMBERS
SERVING PAST THE PAYCHECK
FAIRNESS ACT.
IT AIMS TO INCREASE
TRANSPARENCY IN THE WORKPLACE
AND WOULD ALSO PREVENT
EMPLOYERS FROM USING SALARY
HISTORY TO DETERMINE THE
FUTURE.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE KEY TO
CLOSING THE GAP.
JUST ASKING FOR WHAT YOU
WANT AND BEING CLEAR ABOUT WHAT
YOUR OWN VALUE AND
CONTRIBUTIONS ARE IN DEMAND
THAT THEY BE RECOGNIZED.
LABOR MOVEMENTS SUCH AS THE
PUSH TO INCREASE MINIMUM WAGE
HELPED.
WOMEN TYPICALLY WORK IN
LOWER PAID JOBS THAN MEN.
WHEN WE INCREASE THE WAGE WOMEN
PROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT.
THIS YEAR'S PAYDAY FALLS
EIGHT DAYS EARLIER THAN LAST
YEAR BUT THE GOAL IS MORE NEXT
YEAR.
CBS NEWS, CAPITOL HILL.
EQUAL PAY DAY WAS STARTED
IN 1996 TO BRING AWARENESS TO
THE ISSUE.
