{"id":1030494,"date":"2024-04-03T14:27:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030494"},"modified":"2024-04-03T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:27:08","slug":"dnc-statement-on-aanhpi-womens-equal-pay-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-aanhpi-womens-equal-pay-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on AANHPI Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, DNC Women\u2019s Caucus Chair Lottie Shackelford, and DNC AAPI Caucus Chair Bel Leong-Hong released the following statement marking AANHPI Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day, we reaffirm our commitment to fighting for fair wages on behalf of AANHPI women across the country. On average, AANHPI women earn 80 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. It is critical that we work to close the wage gap and ensure that everyone, regardless of race or gender, is paid equally for equal work.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden and Vice President Harris are fighting every day to advance pay equity and remove barriers so AANHPI women can access opportunity, connect to good-paying jobs, and thrive in our economy. From Vice President Kamala Harris to Ambassador Katherine Tai, and acting Labor Secretary Julie Sue, the contributions of AANHPI women in the Biden-Harris administration have been recognized for what they are \u2013 integral to the success of this nation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile real, substantial progress has been made towards advancing pay equity under the Biden-Harris administration, we can\u2019t stop now \u2013 we will continue the fight until AANHPI women are compensated fairly and equally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, DNC Women\u2019s Caucus Chair Lottie Shackelford, and DNC AAPI Caucus Chair Bel Leong-Hong released the following statement marking AANHPI Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day: \u201cOn Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women\u2019s Equal Pay Day, we reaffirm our commitment to fighting for fair wages on behalf of AANHPI women across the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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