Stuck in park, when it’s time to drive

The news just came out. The typical woman still earns 77 cents on a man’s dollar. The wage gap is the same today as it was ten years ago, according to Census Bureau data just released today. We’ve been stuck in park far too long. We know what it’s going to take to drive up women’s wages: real investments in workforce training and education for women and girls to end occupational segregation, public policies that recognize that women today work and take care of their families and shouldn’t pay a huge price for doing both; and a law that makes it possible for women to find out when they are being paid unfairly without risking their jobs. That’s the fuel we need to pull us out of this 10-year wage gap rut. Now let’s step on the gas and drive.