Democrats push to close gender gap on Equal Pay Day
ABC News
Members of the House Democratic Women's Caucus, the Department of Labor and labor activists gathered to draw attention to the gender pay gap Tuesday on Equal Pay Day.
President Joe Biden marked Equal Pay Day with an event at the White House on Tuesday, using it to tout the number of women in his own administration and the history makers he has tapped to fill prominent posts.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who Biden called on of the "greatest speakers of our history," and the House Democratic Women's Caucus also gathered earlier Tuesday to highlight the gender pay gap.
"They call this Equal Pay Day, but I like to call it 'Unequal Pay Day' because that's the message that we are conveying today," said Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif.
Formerly known as National Pay Inequity Awareness Day, the day -- which fluctuates year to year -- was first recognized in 1996 by the National Committee on Pay Equity. It is the date by which women's average full-time wages catch up to men's from the previous year. This year, it falls right in the middle of Women's History Month.
