Wage Gap

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The Reset with Coach Tish salary transparency theGrio.com
July 28, 2022

Show me the money: Why salary transparency is essential for Black workers 

Standards for salary transparency are beginning to change, which could ultimately make a big difference in closing the wage gap.
LeBron James thegrio.com
July 9, 2018

‘Must be nice’: WNBA player uses LeBron’s NBA deal to point out gender-based wage gap

WNBA player A'ja Wilson wants her piece of the pie and set off a social media firestorm when she made mention of…
wage gap thegrio.com
June 6, 2018

UN expert calls US income inequality ‘a political choice’

A U.N.-supported human rights expert says the United States is now moving full steam ahead to make itself even more…
January 31, 2016

President Obama wants to know how much your company pays women and minorities

On Friday, President Barack Obama observed the anniversary of seven years since he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act…
April 29, 2015

Meredith Vieira shuts down Stacey Dash for calling wage gap 'an excuse'

theGrio REPORT - On Wednesday's broadcast of the The Meredith Vieira Show, Stacey Dash had plenty to say about the…
February 23, 2015

Patricia Arquette on gender wage gap: We've fought for your rights, now fight for ours

Meryl Streep leapt to her feet cheering, pointing and shouting, "Yes! Yes!" as Patricia Arquette ended her Oscar acceptance speech…
April 8, 2014

President Obama signs actions taking aim at gender pay gap

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a concerted election-year push to draw attention to women's wages, President Barack Obama signed directives Tuesday…
April 8, 2014

Wage gap exists among women too: Females of color far behind their white peers

OPINION - According to the National Women’s Law Center, black women only make 64 cents on the dollar to the…
February 22, 2014

The wage gap: 64 cents is not pocket change for black women

theGRIO REPORT - African-American women make only 64 cents (Latina women making 55 cents) for every dollar a man earns…