MFP Contributor
Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable Executive Director Cassandra Welchlin spotlights Black Women’s Equal Pay Day on July 27, 2023, acknowledging the milestones made, but also writes that pay for Black women is still not equal and much more work must be done.
This spring, in an alleged attempt to ensure women are paid fairly, the Mississippi Legislature passed the so-called Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act—a law that is more likely to harm than help women and their pocketbooks. This new “Equal Pay Act” went into effect on July 1, and the content of the law is a disgrace to its name.
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