Why is April 17th important?  That’s the day when women finally catch up to what men earned in all of 2011.  Women still, on average, only earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns.  I hope you “celebrate” Equal Pay Day (April 17th) by urging every one you meet to push for passage of the Fair Wage Act.

State by state statistics just came out showing the average percentage of pay that women get compared to men.  California ranked third at 84% which is still not acceptable.  Washington, D.C. was the highest at 91% and Wyoming was the lowest at %64.