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Jun
Sixty years ago, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. The landmark law recognized the right of equal pay for equal work, prohibiting pay discrimination on the basis of sex for workers doing substantially similar jobs. It was a momentous step forward and created the first of many equal pay protections to combat pay discrimination that harms women, particularly women of color. While we’ve made strides to protect workers from pay discrimination based on race, age, disability, and more since then, our work is not done. For women working full-time, year-round the pay gap…