Equal Pay Day - April 20, 2010

Equal Pay Day marks the calendar date that women have to work in order to match the equal amount of wages that men earned the previous year! In recognition of this dismal continual disparity, the Phoenix-Scottsdale chapter organized an “Un-happy Hour” at El PeJasco Mexican Kitchen, 19 E. Broadway Rd., Tempe, AZ. On this occasion, women paid only 78% of menu costs, while men paid 100%. Our chapter extends thanks to El PeJasco for creating a specially priced menu for this occasion.

Pictured left to right: Eric Ehst and Olga Vives.

The continued wage disparity between men and women frequently results in women struggling “in the red!” Appropriately, our chapter members dressed in red for the occasion.