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☆ Meet the Press – December 22, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +54 min

I don't think I'm in a minority that want to figure it out. The latest poll I saw was over 70% of the country – people in the country don't like the direction of the country. And so this was really, really tough. I'm going to worry about my job and my salary, and I don't think I'm going to participate. I'm really, really for that.

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Women's rights activist Lilly Ledbetter has died, according to a family representative. Ledbetter, best known for advocating for equal pay for women, died as a result of respiratory failure on Saturday night. 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 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act became the first bill Barack Obama signed into law as president in 2009. A film about her life, called "Lilly" and starring Patricia Clarkson as Ledbetter, also premiered recently at the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Persons: Lilly Ledbetter, Ledbetter, “, ” Ledbetter, —, Ruth Bader Ginsburg —, Lilly, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Michelle, Patricia Clarkson Organizations: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Forbes, Supreme, Goodyear, Hamptons, Film Locations: Alabama, Gadsden , Alabama

☆ Lilly Ledbetter, who sued Goodyear for gender discrimination and was an equal pay activist, dies at 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Steve Almasy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Lilly Ledbetter, whose gender pay equity legal fight was the inspiration for the Fair Pay Act of 2009, has died at age 86, according to the team making a film about her life. In the 1990s, after 19 years of working for Goodyear, Ledbetter learned she had been making thousands of dollars less each month that other – male – managers. When Barack Obama became president the first bill he signed into law was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. “My heart is with Lilly Ledbetter and her loved ones as they mourn her passing,” he said. “Lilly Ledbetter fought tirelessly for equal pay for men and women.

Persons: CNN — Lilly Ledbetter, Ledbetter, AL.com, Goodyear, Barack Obama, Lilly, ”, “ I’ll, ” Obama, “ Lilly, “ Michelle, Chuck Schumer, Lilly Ledbetter, “, –, “ Lilly Ledbetter, Marc Benioff, ” Benioff, hasn’t, Chuy Garcia, Lilly’s, ” Garcia, Deborah Vagins, CNN’s Vanessa Yurkevich, Jeanne Sahadi Organizations: CNN, Goodyear, AFL, American Federation of Labor, Industrial, Congress, White, National Committee, Pay Equity Locations: backpay

☆ Your salary history can hold you back from making more money throughout your career. Biden wants to ban it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Across the economy and country, women — and especially women of color — are paid less than their peers. "Relying on a candidate's salary history can exacerbate preexisting inequality in our pay structures, and disproportionately impact women and workers of color. And, as the National Women's Law Center chronicles , some employers use previous salaries as a benchmark for determining a new worker's salary — again essentially locking in some of the biases that could've kept that number lower. Research on salary history bans suggests that they are effective in narrowing pay gaps; one study , which focused on California's statewide salary history ban alongside other localities that enacted bans, found that the gender earning ratios increased, with women over the age of 35 particularly benefiting. The actions are pegged to the 15th anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which, per the EEOC , is the first piece of legislation President Barack Obama signed into law.

Persons: —, Biden, Shalanda Young, could've, Lilly, Barack Obama, SCOTUS, Congress hasn't, Young Organizations: Service, Business, Management, National Women's Law, Research, Congress

☆ judecătoarea care a luptat împotriva discriminării în SUA — Moldova.org
▼ + stars: | 2020-09-21 | by ( Diana Preașcă | Georgeta Carasiucenco | ) www.moldova.org time to read: +8 min

A făcut o adresare către Congres, care a acționat în 2009 pentru a elimina discriminarea salarială în SUA. Ginsburg a obținut un statut similar unui rock star și a fost supranumită „Notorious R.B.G.”. „Este absolut evident că judecătoarea Ginsburg a devenit un idol pentru generațiile mai tinere”, a declarat judecătoarea Elena Kagan în 2014. „Impactul ei asupra Americii și a dreptului american a fost extraordinar”. „Ca executor judecătoresc și apoi ca judecător, ea a schimbat fața legii antidiscriminare a SUA”, a spus Kagan.

Persons: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ginsburg, Bill Clinton, Lilly Ledbetter, Justiție, Clara, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Obama, El, Merrick Garland, CNN, Trump, Barack Obama, Ruth Organizations: Justiție, Goodyear, Congres, Albă, Uniunii Americane, Virginia Locations: SUA, președinție, Washington, Arlington, Curte, Statelor Unite, Statele Unite versus Virginia, Americii

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