With Congress scheduled to vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act tomorrow (June 5), President Obama talked about why the fight for equal pay is more important than ever Women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. It's worse for African American women and Latinas. Over the course of her career, a woman with a college degree is going to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars less than a man who is doing the same work. I believe in equal pay for equal work.