Earnings discrimination between men and women in the United States who are both working, still exists. Therefore, President Barack Obama, calling the gap be closed.
"So, this is the 21st century. It's time to close that gap," said President Obama in a warning to U.S. Equal Pay Act-50, which was held at the White House, Monday (10/6) local time.
Obama said, on the day the bill is signed into law, women earn 59 cents for every dollar earned on average a man. "Today, the number is 77 cents," Obama said, as quoted by Xinhua.
Progress, Obama said, is far from enough. "But as long as the gap is still there, we still have work to do. And now it's time to continue to carry out the work - the pioneers who had started 50 years ago," said the President who had lived in Indonesia.
Obama said the latest report found that women are now the primary source of income for nearly 40 percent of American families.
"So, this is the 21st century. It's time to close that gap," said President Obama in a warning to U.S. Equal Pay Act-50, which was held at the White House, Monday (10/6) local time.
Obama said, on the day the bill is signed into law, women earn 59 cents for every dollar earned on average a man. "Today, the number is 77 cents," Obama said, as quoted by Xinhua.
Progress, Obama said, is far from enough. "But as long as the gap is still there, we still have work to do. And now it's time to continue to carry out the work - the pioneers who had started 50 years ago," said the President who had lived in Indonesia.
Obama said the latest report found that women are now the primary source of income for nearly 40 percent of American families.
Sources :
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/internasional/global/13/06/11/mo7h79-obama-ingin-penghasilan-pria-dan-wanita-disejajarkan
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