Diligence JonesThe US likes to think that the ADA is the pinnacle of disability rights achievement.
If you've paid attention to how the ADA is basically treated like wet toilet paper, this is NOT the case.
Do better, America.
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To support pay equity for disabled women, we must end segregated workplaces and subminimum wages.
Take action for better jobs and fair pay for disabled workers!
Tell Congress: Pass Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act!
Forced poverty must end.
Draconian public benefit rules trap disabled women in poverty.
We need to eliminate these barriers and allow disabled women to work and thrive.
Tell Congress to pass the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act.
Care work is work.
Disabled women – both caregivers and care recipients – deserve the funding to live and work in our communities.
Tell your Congressional Rep to pass the HCBS Access Act to make it happen.
Job segregation, subminimum wages, employment discrimination and more all contribute to the wage gap for working disabled women.
This #DisabledWomensEPD, we’re calling for systemic policy changes from Congress and federal government agencies.
If disabled women were paid the money lost to the wage gap for just one year, on average they could each pay for:
💸 More than 2 years of child care
💸Almost 3 years of food costs
💸19 months of rent
💸Their entire student loan debt in 18 months
Having more education doesn’t help close the wage gap for disabled women: they face a wage gap at all education levels compared to nondisabled men.
And - right on schedule - the pay gap is wider for disabled women of color.
(Thanks, racism.)
Intersectional sexism, racism, and ableism mean they’re paid even *less* than nondisabled men.
We need equal pay now to lift ALL disabled women out of poverty.
For every $1 paid to nondisabled men, disabled women working full time, part time, or part year bring home just 50 cents.
This pay gap is rooted in ableism and must end.