1998
HOUSE RESOLUTION 98-1008
BY REPRESENTATIVES Leyba,
Reeser, Bacon, Dyer, Epps, Gotlieb, Grossman, Keller, Mace, Nichol,
Saliman, Takis, Tupa, Udall, Veiga, S. Williams, and Zimmerman.
WHEREAS, More than thirty years after the passage
of the federal "Equal Pay Act of 1963", an unfair gap
between the salaries of women and men continues to exist; and
WHEREAS, Nationally, women are paid 74 cents for
each dollar a man earns, although AfricanAmerican women
earn 65 cents and Latina women earn 57 cents for each dollar a
man earns; and
WHEREAS, April 3rd marks the day on which American
women's wages for 1998, when added to their entire 1997 earnings,
finally equal what men earned in 1997; and
WHEREAS, Fair pay is a longterm investment
with a big payoff in terms of stronger employee loyalty, better
production, and enhanced retirement opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Families are stronger and more secure, business
prospers, and American values and economy are strengthened when
women are paid fairly; and
WHEREAS, On April 3, 1998, women across the nation
will join together to call attention to the inequity between wages
of women and men; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Sixtyfirst General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
That we, the members of the Colorado House of Representatives,
proclaim April 3, 1998, as "National Equal Pay Day".
_________________________ _________________________
Judith M. Rodrigue Charles E. Berry
CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES OF REPRESENTATIVES