Nationally, women make 79 cents for every dollar a man makes, but in Illinois' 17th congressional district, they only make 72 cents. That's the message from Representative Cheri Bustos and Augustana College students today.
They held a "Gender Wage Gap Bake Sale," and women were charged 72 cents for a cookie or brownie while men were charged a dollar.
Bustos says congress needs to address its current laws that are anti-family.
And she says it's especially important to raise awareness of the gender wage gap on college campuses like Augustana.
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Bustos is a co-sponsor of a bill, which would help eliminate pay discrimination and prevent retaliation when workers share how much they make.
The Gender Wage Gap Bake Sale was organized by the Augustana College Democrats club.