One More Year of Pay Discrimination
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Thursday, May 29 marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case. While the House acted quickly in passing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831) in July 2007, the Senate last month narrowly failed to pass a vote to move on to final passage of the legislation. AAUW thanks you for your repeated efforts on this legislation in the past, and we urge you to contact your senators again today to send a strong message that this anniversary will not go unnoticed, and that pay discrimination will not be tolerated.
The Supreme Court's decision in the Ledbetter v. Goodyear case last May severely limited the ability of victims of pay discrimination to vindicate their rights. AAUW believes the outcome in Ledbetter is fundamentally unfair to victims of pay discrimination, which is responsible for a significant portion of the wage gap experienced by women and people of color.
AAUW believes that the narrow legislative fix contained in the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would more justly allow victims of pay discrimination to seek vindication, and AAUW and its members will not stop until the Senate gets it right by adopting this critical measure.
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