HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 04/05/2016 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING APRIL 12, 2016 AS EQUAL PAYPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, April 12, 2016; and
WHEREAS, this date symbolizes how far into 2016 women must work, in addition to
their 2015 earnings, to earn what their men colleagues earned in 2015; 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; and
WHEREAS, the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963; since then, the wage gap has
narrowed less than half a cent per year. At this rate of change, it was estimated in 2015 that
women won’t receive equal pay in Colorado until 2057; and
WHEREAS, the wage gap today amounts to a loss in wages of at least $450,000 over a
lifetime, and more disproportionately affects women of color, Latina women, and older women
employees in the US; and
WHEREAS, closing the wage gap directly contributes to more healthy and stable
women and families.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim Tuesday April 12, 2016 as
EQUAL PAY DAY
in the city of Fort Collins 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 5th day of April, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk