Addressing Inequities: The Cleveland Pay Equity Alliance’s Efforts to Close the Gender and Racial Pay Gap

Gender and racial pay gap significantly impacts women’s financial outcomes, with women of color earning substantially less than white men in the U.S. Collaborate Cleveland, alongside the Northeast Ohio Workers Center, formed The Cleveland Pay Equity Alliance to tackle these issues locally, promoting policy interventions such as pay transparency legislation and salary history bans, which have shown to reduce pay gaps effectively.