Equal Pay Day is This Week
Equal Pay Day, a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages, will take place this week. As many of you already know, this year, each of us has a unique opportunity to take action and a make a meaningful difference in the fight for fair pay.
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Fair Pay Restoration Act as early as Wednesday, April 23. This critical legislation will restore important civil rights protections for ordinary American workers that were lost as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber. As this important vote approaches, MomsRising, Alliance for Justice, and hundreds of other organizations from across the nation will be calling on the Senate to pass this bill and restore the protections the Supreme Court denied to Lilly Ledbetter. As Justice Ginsburg stated in her dissent in the case, "Once again, the ball is in Congress' court. As in 1991, the Legislature may act to correct this Court's parsimonious reading of Title VII."
To learn more about Lilly Ledbetter and the Fair Pay Restoration Act, check out the great video featured on our home page.
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