美国同工同酬日是让人们认识到在同等工作内容下，男性工资要高于女性。之所以设立在4月15日是因为，女性必须要工作到这一天才能赶上男性上一年的工资。2008年的数据表明，女性的平均工资为男同事的77.8%。亚裔女性情况稍好。对于非洲和西班牙裔女性来讲，数据更低。尽管美国于1963年通过了《平等工资法案》，但美国的不平等现象依然存在。许多女性认为这样的平等极为不公，有数据表明，美国女性的受教育程度要高于男性。

On Equal Pay Day, thousands of business and professional women and hundreds of civil rights and labour organizations take part in fair pay campaigns. They hold events across America demanding a fair wage. A lot of the campaigning is coordinated by the National Committee on Pay Equity, which started Equal Pay Day in 1996. Eula Tate of the Coalition of Labor Union Women says equal pay is not just a woman's issue. If women are only paid 77 cents when they should get a dollar, their family suffers. Working families lose about $200 billion in income every year because of this pay discrimination, she said. Campaigners usually wear red ribbons on this day as a symbol of how women and minorities are “in the red” with their pay.

在同工同酬日，数千名商界和职场女性，数百家民权和劳工组织会参加同酬活动。他们在全美举办活动要求平等待遇。许多活动都是与国家同酬委员会合办，并于1996年起开展“同工同酬日”。妇女工会联盟的欧拉·塔特认为，平等工资不只是女性问题。如果女性在应该获得1美元的情况下获得了77美分，那么她们的家庭会遭受痛苦。由于待遇不公，每年他们将会损失2千亿美元收入。在这一天，活动人士会佩戴红丝带，表达女性和少数民族员工入不敷出的艰苦状况。

1.labour organization 劳工组织

例句:The Slovak Productivity Centre is an independent foundation established by the International Labour Organization.

斯洛伐克生产力中心是国际劳工组织设立的独立基金会。

2.in the red 亏损

例句:The enterprise which has been operating in the red has decided to swith to other production.

那家亏损企业决定转产。

3.take part in 参加

例句:When you take part in any performance, you get out as much as you put in.

你参加任何活动，你投入多少力量就会得到多少收获。

4.a lot of 许多

例句:I will not burden you with a lot of questions.

我不会提许多问题来烦扰你的。