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Oct. 21 marks Latina Equal Pay Day, a symbolic day representing the extra number of days Latinas must work to earn the same as a white, non-Hispanic man did the previous year. Basically, Latina women had to work nearly 22 months to earn the same amount that white men did in 12.
The wage gap between Latina workers and white, non-Hispanic men is the largest gap for any major racial or ethnic group, with Latinas earning 57 cents for every dollar a non-Hispanic white man earns, according to the Department of Labor.
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