Breaking: Congress to vote on equal pay in next 48 hours!

We only have forty-eight hours to secure equal pay for women.

Do the right thing for Lilly Ledbetter.

https://act.credoaction.com/campaign/support_ledbetter/index.html

Women in the American workforce still make less money than their male
counterparts -- it's time for the discrimination to end.

Last year, the Senate failed to get the 60 votes necessary to force an
up-or-down vote on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would mandate
that women receive equal pay for equal work. Now, with a new session of
Congress in place, we're ready to take up the fight again. The first step
is in the House, which is expected to vote on this crucial legislation in
the next forty-eight hours.

With President-elect Obama soon to take office, we now have a real chance
to pass this legislation that could do so much for so many American women.

There will be a battle in the Senate, and the best way to come out of the
gate strong is for the bill to pass by an overwhelming majority in the
House.

Lilly Ledbetter worked 19 years at Goodyear before she learned the men at
her level were earning far more. Eventually she sued, and the case went
all the way to the Supreme Court where five male justices ruled her claim
invalid because she filed it more than 180 days after the date when the
discrimination first started.

Lilly Ledbetter and women across the country are paid less
for doing the exact same jobs as men. The only difference between men and
women in the workplace is women bring home less money to take care of
their families -- and in an economy as shaky as ours, the last thing we
need is to make life even more difficult for 50% of the American
workforce.

Women across America are counting on Congress -- let Congress know that
you're watching to make sure they come through.

https://act.credoaction.com/campaign/support_ledbetter/index.html">Click here to to tell your member of Congress to support the Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It's the first and crucial step in this year's
battle for equal pay -- a battle that, for the first time, we might
actually be able to win.

I'm sure the Perfectionist Wing of DU will nonetheless find something whine and bitch about anyway.

Did you drop your pacifier? :eyes:

Someone gave me a Unicorn when I asked for a pony! :cry:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8064671&mesg_id=8065022

What happened to Lilly was horrible and it happens to so many. There's no excuse to not pass this legislation and I for one hope it happens. I'm curious though how they'd enforce it? Is there a way to force a company to disclose pay for all it's employees so that you can verify that you're paid as well as your co-workers?

I'm wondering if enforcement will amount to waiting for someone to report a discrepancy then EEOC will go after them. Not sure.

The EOC or EEOC needs some serious support. Republicans often keep that agency gutted and underfunded - quite powerless. That needs to change.

Such as you can't get fired for discussing salary information with your co-worker. A lot of the transparency will help break up old boy networks within companies.

Props to the Women's Law Center for getting this legislation going.

from Rep. Stark's website:



i believe that the most recent newsletter i received from Pete via USPS had equal pay for women as one of the lead initiatives for 2009.

Did they vote already?

Passed the House 247 - 171 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bdbNO3:@@@L&summ2=m&">/bss/111search.html|Full info

to congress not to block the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Wish I would of seen this earlier.