A supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant, Lilly Ledbetter discovered through an anonymous note left in her mailbox that she was receiving less pay than her male co-workers who worked the same position.
One in five mothers say they have experienced pregnancy discrimination in the workplace.
At the end of March, soccer players Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Hope Solo went public. They filed a federal complaint accusing U.S. Soccer of wage discrimination. They earned significantly less money—roughly a quarter less, according to the complaint—despite dramatically outperforming the men’s national team, and despite producing nearly $20 million more in revenue for U.S. Soccer than what the men’s team brought in.
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