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The wage gap means Latinas could work full-time year-round and never catch-up

U.S. currency. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)
U.S. currency. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

Right now, Latinas earn $.57 for every dollar a non-Hispanic man makes, which adds up to thousands of dollars lost in wages a year.

Right now, Latinas earn for every dollar a non-Hispanic man makes, which adds up to thousands of dollars lost in wages a year — and more than a million over a lifetime.

That means even Latinas who work full-time and year-round may never catch up to their male counterparts. The analysis is out in a from the National Women’s Law Center this month and we hear from the author , director of research at the center.

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