Thread by @VOCInsider

Latinas are overworked and underpaid, so much so that Latina Equal Pay Day - the day when the average Latina pay catches up to what non-Hispanic, white men make in a year - is the last equal pay day of 2021.

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Observed on Oct. 21, the day is a call to action drawing awareness to the fact Latinas earn 57 cents on average for every dollar a non-Hispanic white man makes and have to work for almost 23 months to earn what their white male counterparts make in a year.

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Michelle Orozco was sitting at a happy hour with some colleagues when a male co-worker began complaining about being underpaid.

Orozco discovered she was making $10,000 less than her co-worker, even though they held the same title.
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Orozco, like so many Latinas, did not go to her managers to ask for the raise she deserved. In fact, many Latinas are not in a position to risk their paychecks by advocating for themselves.

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Per @LeanInOrg, several misconceptions attempting to explain the Latina pay gap persist.

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Espriu encountered instances where people believe Latinas are "not ambitious enough" or assume that because Latinas can be family-oriented, they'd "prefer to stay where they are and wouldn't be open to transferring to another place or traveling as much.”
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Another recurring myth is that Latinas are paid less because they don't have the same academic pedigree, however the wage gap persists even when Latinas have more academic credentials than their peers, according to the @nwlc.
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When Teresa Chavez, an occupational therapist, inquired about a pay raise with a supervisor, he instructed her to take a lower-paying job, touting its flexible hours that would enable her to spend more time with her children.
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However, the most common justification for why Latinas are continuously paid less than non-Hispanic white males is the misguided assumption that Latinas solely work in low-wage jobs.

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Whether they're being paid hourly as an occupational therapist like Chavez is, or earning a salaried income with the potential for a bonus based on billable hours as lawyers like Christine* do, Latinas across the board are being shortchanged.

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The Latina pay gap will have long-term consequences and generational effects, affecting not only Latinas’ ability to save for retirement, but the livelihood of their immediate families and communities, Diana Ramirez, senior manager of policy and coalitions at NWLC, said.

Advocates like Jasmine Tucker, director of research at the NWLC, have been calling for legislation that holds workplaces accountable and the unionization of Latinas, but sometimes feel as though they are “screaming into the void.”

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Many Latinas “are really fearful right now of losing a job they just got back because of the pandemic,” Tucker explained, particularly since they have borne the brunt of its economic fallout.

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