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In the last 25 years, the gender pay gap in the United States has closed by just 8 cents.
At that rate, American women won’t average the same salaries as men for the same jobs until 2059. In Massachusetts, it will take until 2056. And for women of color across the country, it could be another 100 to 200 years, according to recent projections.
To pick up the pace, Maura Healey says larger employers should have to provide a public breakdown of what they’re paying men, women, and different racial groups.
During a forum hosted Wednesday morning by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts attorney general said she supports legislation that would require companies and nonprofits with more than 100 employees to make demographic wage data including the breakdown for their 10 highest earners public.
Many local Black-owned businesses say a national reckoning over racism has led more consumers to consciously spend their money at their establishments.
In The Year After George Floyd s Murder, Beacon Hill Confronts Structural Racism
Rep. Chynah Tyler, U.S. Rep. Aynna Pressley and Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz appeared at a rally for police reform after the murder of George Floyd.
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In the year after George Floyd s murder, Beacon Hill put in place a new police oversight law and committed to a closer focus on racial issues, but the biggest change many see in the state capital has been a willingness across government to openly address structural racism. I think people are listening better, Roxbury Rep. Liz Miranda told GBH News near the anniversary of Floyd s killing by police in Minneapolis last year.