Washington, Sept. 2 -- Congresswoman Nikema Williams issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) led 12 members of the House in introducing the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, which will reestablish the National Equal Pay Enforcement Task Force.
According to the National Women's Law Center (https://nwlc.org/resource/the-lifetime-wage-gap-state-by-state/), women stand to lose $542,800 over the course of a 40-year career. For Black women, Latinas, Indigenous women, and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander women, the losses are over $1 million over a lifetime.
Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) said:
"Pay discrimination has been illegal for more than 60 years, yet too many women, especially Blac...