Black women's group says Mississippi equal pay proposals have 'glaring flaws'

In the last state without equal pay protection for women, advocates say a House bill passed last week 'is the opposite of an equal pay bill.'

by Geoff Pender, Mississippi TodayBlack women’s group says Mississippi equal pay proposals have ‘glaring flaws’ by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today January 27, 2022 When lawmakers arrived at the Capitol on Thursday, they found purses on their desks, each containing a cookie with"56c" on it — to represent the 56 cents on the dollar Black women in Mississippi receive compared to white men for the same work.

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