MomsRising Moms in DC Today!
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These brave MOMs -- wearing sashes saying "Magnificently Overqualified Mother" -- just delivered nearly 9,000 resumes to Senator John McCain in support of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act [1].
Help amplify their message by telling your Senators about our special resume delivery to Senator McCain today, and take this moment to ask them to bring up the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act again and to vote YES!
http://www.momsrising.org/DC_Resume_Backup
You may remember that when this Act came up for a vote several weeks ago, Senator McCain said it wasn't needed because what women really needed to achieve pay equity is "education and training." Then the Act failed to move by just 3 votes. These resumes are being delivered in order to show Senator McCain that America actually has a broad and deep pool of highly qualified, trained, and utterly capable women who deserve equal pay for equal work -- not the 73 cents on the dollar that mothers make, and certainly not the 60 cents on the dollar that single mothers make.
Click below for a sample letter, which you can edit, that will automatically be sent to your two Senators with one-click of your mouse: http://www.momsrising.org/DC_Resume_Backup
Emailing your Senator today will show the Senate that there is a groundswell of support for this essential legislation, and will also provide a big boost of e-backup for our people on the ground in Washington, DC today!
In fact, feel free to pump up the volume on the e-backup for our moms on-the ground in D.C. by asking your friends and family to take action too!
Sincerely, -- Joan, Katie, Kristin, and the MomsRising.org Team
[1] About the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Lilly Ledbetter, a manager at Goodyear Tires, endured pay discrimination (and thus the loss of significant wages) during her 19 years of employment-just for being a woman. The Supreme Court ruled against Ledbetter, saying that pay discrimination claims must be made within 180 days after the pay is set. This is an unjust standard because most people don't know how much their coworkers make, and so would have no way of discovering pay discrimination. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would fix this Supreme Court decision and restore the right of women and minorities to recover lost wages due to discrimination, as originally protected by the Civil Rights Act.
p.s. Check out this great New York Times editorial, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/opinion/23wed2.html?_r=2&scp=3&sq=lilly+ledbetter&st=nyt&oref=slogin&oref=slogin "Pass the Fair Pay Act," April 23, 2008.
Women shouldn't be discriminated against simply because they are mothers... but they are! Read about true experiences of American mothers, and learn how shared problems can be solved. Members can download the first chapter of the book today.
appellate sua sponte dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6)
Hi Katie,
I am a member of MonsRising and supported Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. I went to senator Kennedy office this year to address my opinions. Ledbetter lose her case because her attorney did not argue on discovery rule, and because the unfair pay had been secret for so long.
Now I am respectfully asking your support to my own case.
My discrimination case went to the state court (MA). The low court dismissed my case for a pending action in the federal court. The state appeal court ruled that the low court erred by dismissing my case. However, the appeal court did not remand the case back to the low court. Instead, they voluntarily (sua sponte) dismissed my for "failure to state a claim", although the issue of "failure to state a claim" had never been raised in the low court. The appeal court's decision can be subjected to appellate sua sponte (voluntarily) dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6), which had never occurred in US history. Accordingly, I appealed to the state Supreme Court.
Now, if I could ask your help to urge the Supreme Court to review my case. Even low-court sua sponte dismissal under Rule 12(b)(6) is very rare and had never assed judgment in the appeal court. Federal court allowed low-court sua sponte dismissal under 12(b)(6), but only if the plaintiff had been proffered an opportunity to amend the complaint. I was not allowed to amend my complaint, but also the sua sponte dismissal directly occurred in upper court. Thus, I was deprived my right to appeal, and any process in the Supreme Court is not a matter of right.
The appellate sua sponte dismissal is inconsistent with the fundamental principal of due process. I respectfully ask if you could sign my public petition online please
http://www.petitiononline.com/yong/ to urge the supreme court review my case.
Please feel free to forward my email to anyone will to sign my petition.
Thank you very much.
Yong Li
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