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Protest Unfair Pay for Women
Target: U.S. SenateSponsored by: Care2.com
We all know that women get paid less than men, and on April 23, the Senate made it even harder for women to fight for their fair share.
The Senate failed to pass the Fair Pay Act and as a result failed to restore civil rights protections gutted by the Roberts Supreme Court in a case called Ledbetter v Goodyear. With the defeat of the bill, it is now extremely difficult for workers to sue for pay discrimination. The outcome also enables employers to benefit from concealing wage disparities.
Even worse, the effects of Ledbetter v Goodyear continue to spread. In the year since the decision, it was cited in 258 cases, including in the powerful federal courts of appeals in 12 of 13 circuits.
The Senate had a chance to right the Supreme Court's wrong, but they failed and thereby hindered the fight for fair pay. We need to undo the damage done by the Ledbetter case -- protest the Senate's failure to pass the Fair Pay Act! A parallel bill passed in the house so only the Senate is halting the progress of women and other groups who experience discrimination to fight for their fair share. A way to address equal pay for equal work and the consequences of the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter must be found!
The Senate failed to pass the Fair Pay Act and as a result failed to restore civil rights protections gutted by the Roberts Supreme Court in a case called Ledbetter v Goodyear. With the defeat of the bill, it is now extremely difficult for workers to sue for pay discrimination. The outcome also enables employers to benefit from concealing wage disparities.
Even worse, the effects of Ledbetter v Goodyear continue to spread. In the year since the decision, it was cited in 258 cases, including in the powerful federal courts of appeals in 12 of 13 circuits.
The Senate had a chance to right the Supreme Court's wrong, but they failed and thereby hindered the fight for fair pay. We need to undo the damage done by the Ledbetter case -- protest the Senate's failure to pass the Fair Pay Act! A parallel bill passed in the house so only the Senate is halting the progress of women and other groups who experience discrimination to fight for their fair share. A way to address equal pay for equal work and the consequences of the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter must be found!
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# 14,718:
7:56 pm PST, Jan 8,
James Zahrobsky, Iowa
# 14,717:
12:03 pm PST, Jan 5,
Elisa Sachs, Virginia
# 14,716:
9:13 pm PST, Jan 4,
Name not displayed, New Hampshire
# 14,715:
1:38 pm PST, Jan 1,
Melanie Doherty, New York
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10:39 am PST, Jan 1,
Diana Hernandez, Texas
This is completely ridiculous! I am furious and dumbfounded that the Senate would not pass the Fair Pay Act. This obvious discrimination is outrageous and unbelievable. Work is not determined by your gender but how hard you work. Lilly Ledbetter deserved to be paid what she earned! She worked there for almost twenty years and still was not paid nearly what her inexperienced male coworkers were paid! Give me a break! This is absolutely ludicrous and I recommend that the senate take another look at the bill and pass it! EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY!
This is completely ridiculous! I am furious and dumbfounded that the Senate would not pass the Fair Pay Act. This obvious discrimination is outrageous and unbelievable. Work is not determined by your gender but how hard you work. Lilly Ledbetter deserved to be paid what she earned! She worked there for almost twenty years and still was not paid nearly what her inexperienced male coworkers were paid! Give me a break! This is absolutely ludicrous and I recommend that the senate take another look at the bill and pass it! EQUAL WORK, EQUAL PAY!
# 14,713:
11:25 pm PST, Dec 29,
Jacquelynn Maruffo, Florida
# 14,712:
1:10 pm PST, Dec 29,
Grace Firinne, Ohio
i am a girl. they tell me i can be anything i want to be. they didn't tell me that i had the right to make less even though i work as hard. because that seems to be the message the Supreme Court has for us women. The thing that is really sadly amazing here is that we KNOW that the all-fired grand Founding Fathers did not specifically say that we should be paid equally any more than they said that black people should get hired or gay people can marry. But we KNOW that we are also the Founding Fathers and Mothers and Sisters and Brothers that might have to actually spell these things out. Or are we not created equal? Should I have to tell my nieces and goddaughters that?
i am a girl. they tell me i can be anything i want to be. they didn't tell me that i had the right to make less even though i work as hard. because that seems to be the message the Supreme Court has for us women. The thing that is really sadly amazing here is that we KNOW that the all-fired grand Founding Fathers did not specifically say that we should be paid equally any more than they said that black people should get hired or gay people can marry. But we KNOW that we are also the Founding Fathers and Mothers and Sisters and Brothers that might have to actually spell these things out. Or are we not created equal? Should I have to tell my nieces and goddaughters that?
# 14,711:
6:44 pm PST, Dec 28,
Jennifer Gardner, Florida
# 14,710:
11:07 am PST, Dec 27,
Jesse Farrell, Massachusetts
# 14,709:
10:26 am PST, Dec 26,
Name not displayed, New York
# 14,708:
3:31 pm PST, Dec 25,
Martin Kornbluh, New York
# 14,707:
8:28 am PST, Dec 25,
Martha Leahy, Massachusetts
# 14,706:
9:16 am PST, Dec 24,
Agnieszka Stypulkowska, New York
# 14,705:
1:00 pm PST, Dec 23,
Melissa Carrera, Texas
# 14,704:
2:04 pm PST, Dec 22,
Terri Harris, Iowa
# 14,703:
1:17 pm PST, Dec 22,
Timothy Harris, Iowa
# 14,702:
10:42 pm PST, Dec 21,
D.S.N. Mendis, Brunei Darussalam
# 14,701:
5:29 pm PST, Dec 21,
Connie Hawkins, Pennsylvania
# 14,700:
11:05 am PST, Dec 21,
Name not displayed, California
# 14,699:
11:03 pm PST, Dec 20,
Terrence Simmons, Mississippi
Every woman deserves better.
Every woman deserves better.
# 14,698:
2:27 pm PST, Dec 20,
Sarah Baker, Illinois
# 14,697:
10:44 pm PST, Dec 19,
Name not displayed, Missouri
# 14,696:
8:25 pm PST, Dec 18,
Melissa Card, New Jersey
Everyone should be paid the same amount for doing the same job, end sex discrimination now.
Everyone should be paid the same amount for doing the same job, end sex discrimination now.
# 14,695:
4:16 pm PST, Dec 18,
Ashley Renee Nix, Arkansas
# 14,694:
1:03 pm PST, Dec 18,
Amy Hellmers, Mississippi
Women have to work a double - sometimes triple - shift, caring for their children as well as their parents, and often their in-laws as well as men. Single women also care for and work harder than males. For all of these reasons, women should be paid slightly More than men, who have ceased being the steopical breadwinners.
Women have to work a double - sometimes triple - shift, caring for their children as well as their parents, and often their in-laws as well as men. Single women also care for and work harder than males. For all of these reasons, women should be paid slightly More than men, who have ceased being the steopical breadwinners.
# 14,693:
11:45 am PST, Dec 18,
Jeanette Lucas, North Carolina
# 14,692:
11:18 am PST, Dec 18,
Milton Clark, Washington
# 14,691:
9:14 pm PST, Dec 17,
Paula Loprez, California
Work should be compensated by your performance not gender or race or age etc. Women are just as smart and hard working. So yes we derserve to get paid the same as any man.
Work should be compensated by your performance not gender or race or age etc. Women are just as smart and hard working. So yes we derserve to get paid the same as any man.
# 14,690:
8:48 pm PST, Dec 17,
Sandy Lazarevic, New Jersey
# 14,689:
8:17 pm PST, Dec 17,
Name not displayed, California
# 14,688:
2:42 pm PST, Dec 17,
Monica Rotstein, Argentina
# 14,687:
11:52 am PST, Dec 17,
Kristin Coffey, Tennessee
# 14,686:
10:58 am PST, Dec 17,
Janet Solomon, Canada
# 14,685:
10:02 am PST, Dec 17,
Jamie Freed, United Kingdom
# 14,684:
7:36 am PST, Dec 17,
Charles Lamb, Canada
It's time to act like fair and ethical people with all issues, not just the hot topics. Let's work to get rid of sizism, racism, sexism, racism, ageism and all the rest of the "isms" that hurt us all. The fairer we become the less liklihood for micro and macro conflicts. Thank-you.
It's time to act like fair and ethical people with all issues, not just the hot topics. Let's work to get rid of sizism, racism, sexism, racism, ageism and all the rest of the "isms" that hurt us all. The fairer we become the less liklihood for micro and macro conflicts. Thank-you.
# 14,683:
5:05 am PST, Dec 17,
Ron Avila, California
# 14,682:
3:56 am PST, Dec 17,
Sadie Harris, United Kingdom
# 14,681:
7:56 am PST, Dec 16,
Name not displayed, California
Not every female is supported by a full time working male. This is an unbalance of power. We need to put a stop to it. Equal pay has already been mandated in other civil societies in Europe.
Not every female is supported by a full time working male. This is an unbalance of power. We need to put a stop to it. Equal pay has already been mandated in other civil societies in Europe.
# 14,680:
7:50 am PST, Dec 16,
Kristen Augustine, Florida
# 14,679:
9:03 pm PST, Dec 15,
A. Mosen, New Jersey
# 14,678:
3:25 pm PST, Dec 15,
Jacqueline Davidson, Iowa
# 14,677:
2:50 pm PST, Dec 15,
Becaley Apodoca, Washington
# 14,676:
2:46 pm PST, Dec 15,
Anne Delbene, Alabama
# 14,675:
2:31 pm PST, Dec 15,
Denise G. Yerkey, Colorado
# 14,674:
2:20 pm PST, Dec 15,
Flor Gonzalez, California
# 14,673:
2:11 pm PST, Dec 15,
Name not displayed, California
# 14,672:
1:58 pm PST, Dec 15,
Muse Iq, Wisconsin
women deserve their fair share because they work just as hard as men
women deserve their fair share because they work just as hard as men
# 14,671:
12:54 pm PST, Dec 15,
Sea Eyes, Colorado
# 14,670:
10:25 am PST, Dec 15,
Janet Walker, Oregon
# 14,669:
10:22 am PST, Dec 15,
Beth Verbiar, Ohio
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10:21 am PST, Dec 15,
Mike Petrizzo, Illinois
# 14,667:
9:55 am PST, Dec 15,
Selma J Frey, Pennsylvania
# 14,666:
8:31 am PST, Dec 15,
Annie Gutierrez, New York
# 14,665:
8:18 am PST, Dec 15,
Wendy Taylor, New Jersey
# 14,664:
7:57 am PST, Dec 15,
Katherine Siegel, Tennessee
# 14,663:
7:52 am PST, Dec 15,
Brenda Willis, Louisiana
# 14,662:
7:38 am PST, Dec 15,
Traci Tant, Georgia
# 14,661:
7:15 am PST, Dec 15,
Vicky Snider, Kentucky
# 14,660:
6:45 am PST, Dec 15,
Linda Grant, Wisconsin
# 14,659:
6:08 am PST, Dec 15,
Christine Fonyo, Arizona
# 14,658:
5:39 am PST, Dec 15,
Holly Johnson, Texas
# 14,657:
5:28 am PST, Dec 15,
Terza Ekholm, Colorado
# 14,656:
5:00 am PST, Dec 15,
Cindy Baide, Florida
# 14,655:
4:02 am PST, Dec 15,
Julie Maldonado, Ohio
# 14,654:
2:07 am PST, Dec 15,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 14,653:
8:02 pm PST, Dec 14,
Robert Rutecki, Illinois
# 14,652:
7:50 pm PST, Dec 14,
Jessika Sobanski, New York
# 14,651:
7:03 pm PST, Dec 14,
Gina Worley, Michigan