Social Problems Powerpoint

Gender Inequality:Equal Pay In the WorkPlace

Kelsey Scanlon - SOC-230-001

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Index

· Introduction

· What is the history of Equal Pay

· Wage Gap

· Unions

· Benefits of Unions

· Unions Help women close the pay gap

· ways to fix the equal pay in the workplace

· work cited

· Thank you

Introduction:

Objectives:

By the end of class you shpuld be able to answer the following:

Be able to understand the importance of inequality and equal pay in the work force

• Students will learn why inequality in the workplace is important
• Students will learn how women suffer inequality in the workplace by the wage gap
• Students will understand why the wage gap is unfair
• Students will seee how unions can be benefical

• Why is there inequality in the work place?
• What are steps we can do to help reduce the wage gap?
• How are unions benefical for women?

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What is the history of Equal Pay?

Pay equity information. Since the Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, the wage gap has been closing at a very slow rate. In 1963, women who worked full-time, year-round made 59 cents on average for every dollar earned by men. In 2010, women earned 77 cents to men's dollar.

Wage Gap

• Over the past 40 years, the real median earnings of women have fallen short by an estimated $700,000 to $2 million.

• Overall, women are not paid as much as men, even when working full time and year round. On average, women working full time, year round are paid 83.7% of what men are paid.

• In 2022, the earnings ratio between union women and union men was 89.6 percent, compared to 82.0 between women and men not covered by union contracts. This is just one of the many reasons that Congress should act to pass the PRO Act, bolstering the right to form a union and collectively bargain in the workplace.

A union is a group of workers who join together to negotiate with their employer over workplace issues. Unions can also be called labor unions or labor organizations.

What are Unions?

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what are the benefits of unions?

Labor unions benefit their members by negotiating better pay, benefits, and working conditions.

Unions Help Women Close the Pay Gap

• Closing the gender wage gap is essential to helping women achieve economic security. We should use all the tools available to combat the factors contributing to pay disparities. Some of these tools include establishing standardized rates of pay, requiring more transparency in compensation data, strongly enforcing antidiscrimination laws, and allowing workers to earn additional benefits such as paid sick and family leave, which help enable workers to balance demands at home and at work.

• unions can help women close the pay gap. In 2022, the earnings ratio between union women and union men was 89.6 percent, compared to 82.0 between women and men not covered by union contracts
• Women covered by a union contract earn, on average, $203 per week more than non-unionized women, a 21.9 percent increase.
• Greater pay equity exists for union workers because of the transparency and equality provided by a union contract. Collective bargaining agreements apply to all workers at a job, regardless of their race or gender. Importantly, workers with unions feel more secure speaking out about pay and other workplace issues, because they know they have the power of a union.

Ways to fix equal pay in the workplace

• Increasing the minimum wage
• Improving work-life balance
• Expanding paid family and medical leave
• Increasing access to child care
• Reassessing promotions, bonuses, and benefits
• Encouraging remote working

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Work Cited:

• Chief, Editor in. “16 Big Advantages and Disadvantages of Labor Unions for Employees.” ConnectUS, 26 Mar. 2019, connectusfund.org/16-big-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-labor-unions-for-employees.
• “Four Steps Companies Can Take to Close the Gender Pay Gap.” Lean In, leanin.org/what-companies-can-do-about-equal-pay#!
• “Unions Help Narrow the Gender Wage Gap.” Economic Policy Institute, www.epi.org/blog/unions-help-narrow-the-gender-wage-gap/.
• “What Is a Union?” Union Hall, 30 Nov. 2017, afscmeatwork.org/union-hall/what-union#:~:text=A%20union%20is%20an%20organization,and%20other%20work%2Drelated%20issues.
• “What Unions Do: AFL-CIO.” AFL, aflcio.org/what-unions-do#:~:text=Union%20members%20work%20together%20to,security%2C%20and%20a%20stable%20schedule.&text=Better%20workplaces%20and%20working%20conditions%20without%20the%20fear%20of%20retaliation. Accessed 19 Nov. 2023.

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Ways to fix equal pay!

Pay audits: Compare the pay of male and female employees to identify if there are equal employment opportunities. Pay transparency: Increase pay transparency and stop basing pay on salary history. Parental leave: Offer paid parental leave and childcare support for new parents. Hiring practices: Use structured and skill-based recruitment programs to reduce unconscious bias. Increase the representation of women in hiring decisions.

Labor Unions

Through their union, workers have the ability to negotiate from a position of strength with employers over wages, benefits, workplace health and safety, job training and other work-related issues. Example: labor union is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents a variety of blue-collar workers, including freight drivers, warehouse workers, sanitation workers, and construction workers. The union negotiates pay rates, benefits, and workplace conditions for its members.