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8 tweets equally in favor of ending the pay gap on #EqualPayDay

Companies and organizations took to Twitter to call attention to the wage gap between men and women and showcase their efforts toward pay equity.

by Alison Kanski / April 12, 2016

8 tweets equally in favor of ending the pay gap on #EqualPayDay

Intel and Delta are among the companies working toward pay equity that took to Twitter on Tuesday to show support for Equal Pay Day.

The National Committee on Pay Equity launched Equal Pay Day in 1996 to call attention to the wage gap between men and women. On average, women make 79 cents for every dollar a man earns. April 12 symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year, according to the committee’s website.

Along with brands, organizations called attention to pay inequality on social media on Tuesday. Additionally, President Barack Obama named a new national monument in honor of Equal Pay Day: the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, the original headquarters of the National Woman's Party.

Check out the #EqualPayDay tweets below:

The White House

Intel

Delta

Lifetime

Gap

Mercer

Girl Scouts

U.S. Department of Education

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