rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/equal-rights-amendment?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-equal-rights-amendment' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Progressive Democrats of America https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-democrats-of-america https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/098/898/original/EF0568A9-36F1-4E0B-9211-6F553B69A577.jpeg We need to lift the arbitrary deadline from the Equal Rights Amendment. Use this action alert to urge both of your Senators and your Representative to cosponsor a joint resolution to lift the deadline on the ERA. Why We Need the ERA: In 1972 when the Equal Rights Amendment was first passed women earned .76 cents to a man’s dollar. Today more than 30 years later women earn .77 cents to a man’s dollar with African-American women earning .65 and Hispanic women earning .55 per $1 white men earn for doing the same work. There are only 7 countries that have not signed onto the CEDAW International Women’s Treaty (Convention for the Elimination of All Discrimination Against Women); the United States is one of those countries because we do not prohibit discrimination on account of sex in our Constitution. The US insisted that all countries drafting constitutions after World War II include a statement that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex; the US Constitution has no such clause. We only need one more state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and we need the Congress to pass joint resolutions to ensure the ERA will go into effect. Use this action alert to urge your Senators to cosponsor S.J.RES.5 and your Representative to cosponsor H.J.RES.53. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/equal-rights-amendment