{"id":1056407,"date":"2025-10-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056407"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T14:24:36","slug":"dnc-statement-on-latinas-equal-pay-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-latinas-equal-pay-day\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Latina\u2019s Equal Pay Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In recognition of Latina\u2019s Equal Pay Day, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin and DNC Vice Chair Artie Blanco released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday is Latina Equal Pay Day \u2014 a stark reminder that Latinas are still paid just 52 cents for every dollar paid to white men. That gap isn\u2019t closing \u2014 it\u2019s being made worse by Donald Trump\u2019s reckless economic policies that enrich billionaires while hardworking families fall further behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLatinas and the broader Latino community are feeling the pressure \u2014 from rising prices at the pump and grocery store to stagnant wages and job insecurity. Under Trump, the cost of living keeps climbing, and Latino voters are taking note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRecent polls show over 70% of Latino voters blame Trump\u2019s tariffs for rising prices. A majority say the economy is getting worse. On Latina Equal Pay Day, the message is clear: Trump\u2019s policies aren\u2019t working for our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of Latina\u2019s Equal Pay Day, DNC Chair Ken Martin and DNC Vice Chair Artie Blanco released the following statement: \u201cToday is Latina Equal Pay Day \u2014 a stark reminder that Latinas are still paid just 52 cents for every dollar paid to white men. That gap isn\u2019t closing \u2014 it\u2019s being made worse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056407","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC Statement on Latina\u2019s Equal Pay Day - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-latinas-equal-pay-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-08T14:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-08T14:24:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-latinas-equal-pay-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-latinas-equal-pay-day\/\",\"name\":\"DNC Statement on Latina\u2019s Equal Pay Day - 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