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Alma Adams: Women make up half of the country's workforce, yet the Census Bureau reported that the gender wage gap between full-time…

On the recordFebruary 15, 2017
Women make up half of the country's workforce, yet the Census Bureau reported that the gender wage gap between full-time year-round working men and women, women make only 80 percent of the median wage men earn.
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Alma Adams
Democratic · North Carolina

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Discussing the gender wage gap and its impact on women in the workforce.

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