Coalition of Labor Union Women

As you know, the gender wage gap means that women get paid less than white men. The gap is even wider for women of color, especially Latinas. For every dollar that a white non-Hispanic male makes, Latinas only make 55 cents. That means that Latinas would have to work 22 months – until October 30th of this year – to equal what their white non-Hispanic male counterparts took home last year alone.

Please join CLUW today, October 15th, the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, byparticipating in a Twitter storm for #LatinaEqualPay.

Thursday, October 15th, 3:30 to 4:30 PM ET
Participating hashtags: #LatinaEqualPay #IgualdadSalarial #BrechaSalarial

Here are a few sample tweets. (The Spanish-translated versions are listed beneath the English ones):

• The wage gap is greatest for #Latinas, earning just 55 cents for every dollar paid to white men. #LatinaEqualPay

• #BrechaSalarial es mayor para #Latinas quienes ganan sólo ¢55 por cd $1 que ganan los hombres anglosajónes #Igualdadsalarial#LatinaEqualPay

• Hispanic Heritage Month ends today—& there are still 2 weeks until Latinas' earnings catch up to white men’s from last year. #LatinaEqualPay

• Todavía quedan 2 semanas hasta que los ingresos Latinas’ se pongan al día para hombres blancos desde 2014. #IgualdadSalarial #LatinaEqualPay

• At this rate, the wage gap will not close for 4 decades. Can you wait that long for a fair wage? We sure can't! #LatinaEqualPay

• A este paso, la #BrechaSalarial no cerrará en las próximas 4 décadas ¿Quieres esperar 44 años más? ¡Pide #IgualdadSlarial! #LatinaEqualPay

• Supporting your family shouldn’t contribute to the gender #WageGap. Stand up for #EqualPay! #LatinaEqualPay

• Aportar al sustento familiar no debería contribuir a la #BrechaSalarial por género. #LatinaEqualPay

We look forward to your participation in this tweet storm. More resources are available at this link:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_fC8cWGKbnJVp96Ngsfah9fDj55zBWC8G_yNEr89J34/edit?pli=1#slide=id.gcaeca40b7_1_2

Let’s end the gender wage gap for Latinas and all women!