May 7, 2025
The government has wiped 33 current pay equity claims and tightened future access – and they did it in lightning-quick time.<br /> <br />
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The government has wiped 33 current pay equity claims and tightened future access – and they did it in lightning-quick time.<br /> <br />
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Barack Obama signed into law as president in 2009.
Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter has died, according to a family representative. She was 86. Ledbetter, best known for advocating for equal pay for women, died as a result of respiratory failure on Saturday night. She was in Alabama, where she was born and raised. “She was surrounded by her family and loved ones," her family said in a statement on Sunday. "Our mother lived an extraordinary life." Ledbetter's fight for equal pay started in the 1990s, when she received an anonymous letter that said she was being paid far less than her male colleagues who had similar, or less, seniority and experience at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Gadsden, Alabama, where she worked as an area supervisor. “I took a job that had normally been considered a man’s job. I don’t agree with that term,” Ledbetter said in an interview with Forbes in 2019. “It’s a job. Whether it’s a man, African American, Latino, heavy, skinny, whatever. If they’re the best qualified for that job, they should get it, and they should get the money to go with it.” Thus began years of legal battles that climbed all the way to the Supreme Court. Ledbetter ultimately lost the lawsuit against Goodyear, with the high court ruling she had missed the deadline for filing her claim. But Democrats in Congress — urged on by a dissenting opinion from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — fought to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The act makes it easier for victims of pay discrimination to present a case, easing the statute of limitations that previously favored corporations. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Barack Obama signed into law as president in 2009.
Sign the petition: Protect Pay Equity
If you're in Aotearoa New Zealand - please sign the petition. If you're elsewhere in the world, sharing this post would really help. Library staff had an almost complete pay equity claim that has been in process for 5 years at least. We are one of the industries that is grossly underpaid because historically we've been a woman dominated industry. Overnight our claim has been absolutely scrapped and no longer exists. Other industries include nursing, teachers, midwives, cleaners, carers and other support and education workers
AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. SENATE
Women deserve equal pay! Pass S. 728, the Paycheck Fairness Act now!
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Women—especially women of color—are the backbone of our nation’s economy. But they are consistently underpaid and their work is undervalued. Action on equal pay is sorely needed to address these inequities, but Republican Senators have blocked vital legislation, S. 728, the Paycheck Fairness Act, that would achieve critical progress. The median annual earnings for women working full time, year-round in 2022 was $52,360, or just 84 cents for each dollar earned by men, with much wider gaps for most women of color compared with white, non-Hispanic men. All women—regardless of the number of hours worked during the year—typically made $41,320, or 78 cents for each dollar earned by all men. Discrimination is one of the factors contributing to this gap, leading to thousands of dollars in lost wages for women over the course of their careers. That’s why we need the Paycheck Fairness Act. The Paycheck Fairness Act would strengthen existing equal pay protections, prohibit retaliation against workers who discuss their pay or challenge pay discrimination, limit employers’ reliance on salary history, and much more. These robust measures would bring us one step closer to equal pay. Women and families cannot afford to wait for equal pay. We need to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act now.
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The Canadian women’s football team captain has said the team is on strike after a collective statement attacking Canada Soccer
If a country can’t support their Olympic gold-winning women’s football team, there’s a real problem. And the team is doing this at a time of maximum leverage, a week before the SheBelieves Cup, five months before the World Cup.
SAG-AFTRA Strike Authorization 📣
SAG-AFTRA members approved a video game strike authorization Sept 25th 🎮
This does not mean a strike is necessarily imminent, but they now have a powerful bargaining tool for negotiation happening within the next few days! 💬
Learn more here: Video Game Strike Authorization 2023
What issues have led to the strike authorization? ⬇️
- AI protections around consent, control, transparency and compensation for performers and voice actors.
- Low pay of artists and actors in the video gaming industry.
- Safety for on-camera performers and vocal stress protections for voice artists.