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Unequal (Pay) Bake Sale Takes a Bite out of the Wage Gap

April 12, 2016
Equal Pay

Lisa Lederer, 202-371-1996

Bake sale offers sweet treats withspecial gender wage-gap discounts for women and moms
Seattle, WA — Tuesday, April 12, at 11:30 a.m., MomsRising, Legal Voice, and the Economic Opportunity Institute will be holding an #EqualPay Day Bake Sale at Westlake Park. This bake sale comes with a twist: All women will get at least a 20% gender wage gap discount on baked goods. Moms and women of color will get increased discounts on top of that.   
 
Why the discount? Women in Washington state working full-time, year round, make just 77¢ to a man’s $1.00. The paycheck bite is even bigger for women of color and moms. This big bite out of women’s paychecks keeps families strapped, limits women’s ability to invest in education or save for retirement, and results in less local spending at local businesses. Since women are still expected to pay full price for goods and services, despite earning 20% less than men, the least we can do is give them a break on Equal Pay Day!
 
Washington State Senator Pramila Jayapal, Plum Bistro owner Makini Howell, and members of MomsRising will be at Westlake Park to mark Equal Pay Day with treats from Hello Robin and a sweet recipe for strong families and a strong economy: equal pay for equal work.
 
“Smart cookies know that eliminating the wage gap gives everyone a chance to succeed and bolsters our economy by supporting working families,” said Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner, CEO and co-founder of MomsRising. “We know that the right recipe for closing the wage gap includes stronger fair pay laws, living wages, paid sick and family leave, and affordable, high-quality early learning and childcare.”
 
WHAT: #EqualPay Bake Sale
Sweet treats with gender-based pricing to take the bite out of wage gap. Men can “pay” $1.00, women just $.77 with extra discounts for women of color and moms (by donation only).
 
WHO: Working women taking action on equal pay as well as Senator Pramila Jayapal, restaurateur Makini Howell (Plum Bistro, Plum Pantry, Quickie Too’s, and Plum Burgers), and MomsRising CEO and co-founder Kristin Rowe Finkbeiner.
 
WHEN: Equal Pay Day
Tuesday, April 12, 2016, 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Rain or shine
 
WHERE: Westlake Center Plaza
400 Pine St, Seattle WA
 
PHOTO/VIDEO OPPORTUNITIES: Cookie hand out (by donation only); Speakers from MomsRising and partners; #EqualPay Day Bake Sale signage; working women and business owners.
 

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MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, decrease discrimination against women and moms, and to build a nation where businesses and families can thrive. Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America’s families, including criminal justice reform, immigration policy reform, and gun safety. MomsRising is working for paid family and medical leave, affordable, high quality childcare and early learning, and for an end to the wage and hiring discrimination which penalizes women — particularly moms and women of color — and so many others. MomsRising advocates for access to healthy food for all kids, health care for all, earned sick days, and breastfeeding rights so that all children can have a healthy start. MomsRising maintains a Spanish language website: MamásConPoder.org. Sign up online at www.MomsRising.org — and follow us on our blog, and on Twitter and Facebook.