HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 03/19/2013 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING APRIL 9, 2013 AS EQUAL PAYPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 9, 2013; and
WHEREAS, this date symbolizes how far into 2013 women must work, in addition to their
2012 earnings, to earn what their men colleagues earned in 2012; and
WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity in
1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages; and
WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day falls on a Tuesday, which represents how far into the work
week, in addition to their earnings from the previous week, women must work to earn what men
earned the previous week.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Karen Weitkunat, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim Tuesday April 9, 2013 as
EQUAL PAY DAY
as a way to draw attention to the current gaps in wages paid to women versus men.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 19th day of March, A.D. 2013.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk