Senate Jobs and Economic Development Committee on 2/19/2024

Bills

Committee Members

Sen. Bobby Joe Champion

Senate, 59, DFL, sen.bobby.champion@senate.mn, 651-296-9246

Sen. Zaynab Mohamed

Senate, 63, DFL, sen.zaynab.mohamed@senate.mn, 651-296-4274

(Heard as: mohammed. )

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Sen. Rich Draheim

Senate, 22, R, sen.rich.draheim@senate.mn, 651-296-5558

(Heard as: dr.

Drayham Drayheim )

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Sen. Heather Gustafson

Senate, 36, DFL, sen.heather.gustafson@senate.mn, 651-296-1253

(Heard as: Gustafson )

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Sen. Foung Hawj

Senate, 67, DFL, sen.foung.hawj@senate.mn, 651-296-5285

Sen. Karin Housley

Senate, 33, R, sen.karin.housley@senate.mn, 651-296-4351

Sen. Carla Nelson

Senate, 24, R, sen.carla.nelson@senate.mn, 651-296-4848

(Heard as: nelson Nelson )

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Sen. Eric Pratt

Senate, 54, R, sen.eric.pratt@senate.mn, 651-296-4123

(Heard as: Pratt )

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Sen. Aric Putnam

Senate, 14, DFL, sen.aric.putnam@senate.mn, 651-296-6455

(Heard as: Putnam )

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Noteworthy Content:

00:27:46,220 - So now I'm going to turn to some numbers about Minnesota's workforce and how that's been changing with respect to race and ethnicity.

00:28:53,100 - Employment rates for all race groups have steadily declined between 2010 and 2019.

00:30:45,120 - yes. This is the Census Bureau's major race group that we're looking at here.

00:34:52,360 - occupational structure by race as well.

00:35:13,460 - the occupational structure is across race and genders.

01:04:12,040 - champion mentioned a number of times to make sure equity of people of color are in your

01:04:35,000 - not so much about my own culture but when I look at the migration from the south and

01:13:28,860 - This research is unique in that it looks at traditional race and ethnic categories but other

01:14:25,480 - end of the presentation this report is really meant to be a tool for action so elected officials and decision makers across sectors can use their influence to address inequities in the fields

01:15:23,000 - s important to focus on the work of this committee to address inequities in women' s lives as caregivers for families and communities.

01:15:44,560 - m also director of the center on women gender and public policy.

01:16:19,140 - today on the gender wage gap

01:22:20,040 - presentation into the causes behind this gender wage gap and experience is part of that.

01:24:59,340 - We don' t talk so much about the gender wealth gap and I don'

01:25:14,840 - There' s a gender wealth gap and that intersects with race and that'

01:25:19,200 - s where we see this $480,000 or that million over a lifetime because this gender wage gap

01:29:20,620 - education this is about gender in combination often times with race.

01:29:58,920 - and so it seems to boil down to gender differences.

01:30:04,140 - The message that I get from that is that the gender wage

01:30:07,040 - is lower and that is the reason why we pay more. The gender wage disparity means we don' t value work that is work predominantly carried out by women even when greater education and skill are required.

01:37:41,900 - based upon gender or anything else really we should have those laws on the

01:38:29,250 - discrimination based on gender and so that's what I believe that you're getting

01:40:16,360 - you how different groups of women again broken down by race and ethnicity and

01:41:46,420 - race or ethnicity may be white black indigenous latina Asian whether they're able to move

01:43:42,880 - for that particular race or ethnic group that is being spent by single