PBS NewsHour

WOC in Mississippi demand state-level pay protections

Mississippi is the only state in the nation without a law requiring equal pay for women—but that could be about to change. Ivette Feliciano sits down with Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director of the Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable, to discuss her team’s push for equal-pay legislation, and the current status of Mississippi’s equal pay bill.

WOC in Mississippi demand state-level pay protections

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