Demand Equal Pay for Black Women!

Demand Black Women’s Equal Pay

July 21 is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. This is a day to shine a light on the unfair wage gap that hurts Black women, their families, and our nation’s economy.

This is not about catching up. This is about lost wages—money taken out of Black women's pockets that they will never get back. Right now, Black women working full-time make just 65 cents for every dollar a white man makes. When you look at all workers, including part-time, that number drops to 63 cents. And even with a professional degree, Black women still only earn 59 percent of what white men make.

To make matters worse, Black women are facing a double crisis:

A Frozen Minimum Wage: July 24 marks 17 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised to a measly $7.25 an hour.
Systemic Job Losses: Black women lost 113,000 jobs in 2025 alone, driven by mass federal layoffs and attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Now, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is proposing to cut the collection of EEO-1 demographic pay data. This data is the primary tool used to catch companies that discriminate by race and gender. Without it, companies can hide unfair pay and discrimination in the dark.

We cannot let them blindfold the regulators who are supposed to protect us.

Sign our petition to the EEOC today and demand they protect Black women's pay and stop this rollback!

Dear EEOC Commissioners,

MomsRising members across the country strongly encourage you to prioritize policies that protect Black women workers and advance racial and gender pay equity. We are deeply alarmed by recent rollbacks that undermine federal employment protections and the systematic dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. We demand that the Commission immediately fulfill its legal mandate to protect all workers from systemic harassment, discrimination, and pay inequity, free from political agendas.

Specifically, we call on the EEOC to:

Save EEO-1 Demographic Data: Halt any and all efforts to eliminate or scale back the EEO-1 demographic data collection. This data is a critical cornerstone of civil rights enforcement. It is essential for tracking systemic pay discrimination and ensuring that Black women—and all historically marginalized workers—are fairly compensated.
Enforce Strong Pay Transparency and Equity Protections: Fully enforce federal laws against race- and gender-based wage discrimination. We need active oversight, not a step backward that allows bad-actor corporations to hide pay disparities in the dark.
Acknowledge and Address Workplace Sidelining: Proactively address the alarming rise in job losses among Black women, which has been exacerbated by federal layoffs and the targeting of equity programs. The EEOC must remain a shield for the workers who keep our care, health, and service industries running.

Economic security is a necessity for family survival, and Black women are disproportionately the primary breadwinners for their households. We urge the EEOC to protect the rights, dignity, and paychecks of Black women workers across the nation.

Sincerely,

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