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1		HOUSE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The future of our nation's productivity and
3		competitiveness in the global marketplace depends on the
4		success of all men and women; and
5		WHEREAS, Women have been discriminated against in
6		education, the workplace, and society as a whole; and
7		WHEREAS, Women continue to earn no more than 78 cents on
8		the dollar compared to men; and
9		WHEREAS, The pay gap has been shown to start as soon as one
10		year after college; this inequality affects not only women, but
11		their families and society as a whole; and
12		WHEREAS, The pay gap between women and men has long-term
13		effects on women's economic security; such a gap affects
14		women's Social Security earnings, their ability to save for
15		retirement, and their children's education; and
16		WHEREAS, Pay equity is closely linked to the eradication of
17		poverty and is essential to having a highly-motivated
18		workforce; and
19		WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was originated by the National

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1		Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 as a public awareness event to
2		illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages; the day,
3		observed in April, symbolizes how far into the year a woman
4		must work, on average, to earn as much as a man earned the
5		previous year, with Tuesday being the day in which women's
6		wages catch up to men's wages from the previous week; because
7		women earn less on average than men, they must work longer for
8		the same amount of pay; this wage gap is even greater for most
9		women of color; and
10		WHEREAS, Equal pay is a priority for all women and for our
11		society at large; therefore, be it
12		RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13		NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14		designate April 14, 2015 as Pay Equity Day in the State of
15		Illinois in order to raise awareness about this endemic
16		inequity.