Obama's Weekly Address WEEKLY ADDRESS: Ensuring Equal Pay for Equal Work

奧巴馬每周電視講話:總統呼吁確保同工同酬 為女性爭取權利

Hi, everybody.

大家好。

Earlier this week was Equal Pay Day.

本周二是同酬日。

It marks the extra time the average woman has to work into a new year to earn what a man earned the year before.

數據顯示，平均而言，在新的一年里，女性要掙與男性過去一年里同樣的工資還要搭上更多的工作時間。

You see, the average woman who works full-time in America earns less than a man-even when she's in the same profession and has the same education.

大家都知道，在美國，全職女性的平均工資比男性要低，即便她有著與男性相比同樣的專業技能和教育水平。

That's wrong.

這大錯特錯。

In 2014, it's an embarrassment.

時至2014年的今天，這也是一種恥辱。

Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

女性應該得到平等的待遇。

This is an economic issue that affects all of us.

這一經濟問題影響到我們每一個人。

Women make up about half our workforce.

女性已經占到全美勞動力的一半。

And more and more, they're our families' main breadwinners.

而且她們越來越多成為家庭的主要經濟支柱。

So it's good for everyone when women are paid fairly.

因此，女性得到公平的薪資對所有人都有好處。

That's why, this week, I took action to prohibit more businesses from punishing workers who discuss their salaries.

因此本周我采取措施禁止更多公司懲罰員工討論薪水的行為。

Because more pay transparency makes it easier to spot pay discrimination.

因為增加工資透明度才能更好的辨別是否存在工資歧視問題。

And I hope more business leaders will take up this cause.

我也希望有更多企業領袖能意識到這一問題的根源所在。

But equal pay is just one part of an economic agenda for women.

但公平工資只是維護女性權益的一部分。

Most lower-wage workers in America are women.

在美國女性承擔著大量低工資的崗位。

So I've taken executive action to require federal contractors to pay their federally-funded employees at least ten dollars and ten cents an hour.

因此，我簽署了一項行政命令要求聯邦合同承包商向其員工支付至少每小時10.10美元薪資。

I ordered a review of our nation's overtime rules, to give more workers the chance to earn the overtime pay they deserve.

我還指示對我國的加班制度進行調查，讓更多勞動者有機會得到他們應得的加班費。

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, tens of millions of women are now guaranteed free preventive care like mammograms and contraceptive care, and the days when you could be charged more just for being a woman are over for good.

由于有了《平價醫保法》，數千萬女性現在得到了免費醫療保健保障，例如乳腺X射線掃描和避孕指導，那種因為你是女性接受治療就要被多收費的日子已經一去不復返了。

Across the country, we're bringing Americans together to help us make sure that a woman can have a baby without sacrificing her job, or take a day off to care for a sick child or parent without hitting hardship.

縱觀全國，我們正在帶領全國人民一起努力，確保一個女性不必因為生小孩而犧牲自己的工作，或者因為要照顧生病的孩子而請假或因此而陷入貧困。

It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a “Mad Men” episode, and give every woman the opportunity she deserves.

擯棄《廣告狂人》時代的那種工作場所潛規則的時機已經到來，給每個女性得到其應得的待遇。

Here's the problem, though.

這是當下的問題。

On issues that would benefit millions of women, Republicans in Congress have blocked progress at every turn.

這項事宜將惠及數百萬女性，而國會的共和黨人卻在每一步上阻撓這一工作的開展。

Just this week, Senate Republicans blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, commonsense legislation that would help more women win equal pay for equal work.

就在本周，參議院的共和黨人阻撓《工資公平法》的通過，這一正常立法本應幫助更多女性獲得同工同酬的待遇。

House Republicans won't vote to raise the minimum wage or extend unemployment insurance for women out of work through no fault of their own.

眾議院的共和黨人不同意就提高最低工資和延長失業保險進行投票，而享受失業保險的失業女性現在的處境并非其自身原因所造成。

The budget they passed this week would force deep cuts to investments that overwhelmingly benefit women and children-like Medicaid, food stamps, and college grants.

他們本周通過的預算法案將強制對全面惠及婦女和兒童的投資進行大規模的削減，例如醫療補助計劃，食物券以及大學資助計劃。

And of course, they're trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act for the fiftieth or so time, which would take away vital benefits and protections from millions of women.

當然，他們還在極力想要推翻《平價醫保法》，到現在為止這已經適第50次了，這將剝奪數百萬女性享有的關鍵福利和醫療保障。

I'm going to keep fighting to make sure that doesn't happen.

我將繼續為確保這一情況不發生而奮斗。

Because we do better when our economy grows for everybody, not just a few.

只有經濟發展惠及所有人而不是少數人的時候我們才能做的更好。

And when women succeed, America succeeds.

只有當女性取得成功了，美國才能成功。

Thanks, and have a great weekend.

謝謝大家，祝你們周末愉快。

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