CLOSING NUMBERS.
DOW GAINED 428 AND NASDAQ 143
AND S&P 500, 43.
EQUAL WORK DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN EQUAL PAY.
TODAY GROUPS AROUND THE
COUNTRY ARE SPREADING THE WORD
ABOUT THE PAY GAP THAT STILL
EXISTS BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
Reporter: IN GENERAL,
AMERICAN WOMEN EARN $.80 FOR
EVERY DOLLAR MEN MAKE, A FACT
THAT'S STARTLING TO SOME BUT
NOT SURPRISING TO OTHERS.
IT IS COMPLICATED.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF
LEGISLATION AND A LOT OF
CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS FOR
CHANGE AND JUST, AGAIN, PEOPLE
MAKING AN EFFORT OUTSIDE OF
JUST A SING A THE DAY.
Reporter: BUTTER BAKERY CAFE
IN MINNEAPOLIS IS ONE OF THE
PLACES WHERE EQUAL PAY FACTS
COULD NOT BE IGNORED.
MESSAGES ARE SPLASHED ACROSS
NAPKINS AND COFFEE CUP SLEEVES
PROVIDED BY TWO GROUPS PUSHING
FOR CHANGE.
BEN SAYS HE HAS SEEN A
DIFFERENCE IN EXPECTATIONS FOR
MEN AND WOMEN.
FOR MEN SOMETIMES YOU DON'T
HAVE AS MANY THINGS THAT ARE
BEING ASKED OF YOU.
SO IT IS EASIER TO KIND OF NOT
DO AS MUCH OR NOT GO THE FULL
EXTENT.
Reporter: WHEN YOU BREAK IT
DOWN BY RACE, U.S. CENSUS DATA
SHOW BLACK WOMEN MAKE $.63 FOR
EACH DOLLAR EARNED BY WHITE
MEN.
FOR LATINO WOMEN IT'S $.54.
PEACE COFFEE IS ALSO SPREADING
THE WORD ABOUT PAY EQUITY AND
IMPACT OF NOT HAVING A NATIONAL
PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
PROGRAM.
IT'S TIME TO CHANGE.
THERE ARE TOO MANY WAYS IN
WHICH FAMILIES ARE IMPACTED.
CHILDREN ARE IMPACTED.
Reporter: ANGELA DAVIS,
WCCO4 NEWS.
EQUAL PAYDAY BEGAN IN 1996
AS A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
IT IS HELD IN EARLY APRIL TO
DEMONSTRATE HOW FAR INTO A NEW
