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.
Discussing the gender wage gap and its impact on women in the workforce.
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It is abundantly clear that there are two agendas present today. The republican's agenda will weaken worker protections and let low road employers off the hook for breaking the law.
The current sub-minimum wage with tipped employees perpetuates low pay, enables, inexcusable levels of wage theft, and it leads to higher poverty rates.
The Trump administration's attempt to gut protections for tipped workers have only worsened these issues by allowing employers to steal almost 6 billion dollars of worker's hard-earned tips for themselves each year.
The $30 billion SNAP cut alongside the provisions you highlight today does a disservice to families in farm country.
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