Special Event Hosted by:The University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Women & Work and the Labor Extension Program
Lilly Ledbetter is a longtime fighter for equal pay for women. After working as a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant for nearly 20 years, Ledbetter discovered she had been paid significantly less than men doing the same job. She sued claiming pay discrimination, and her case ultimately went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The high courted ruled that she had no right to sue because she initiated her case more than 180 days after her first discriminatory paycheck. On January 29, 2009 President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. This new law amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to state that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit resets with each new discriminatory paycheck. Lilly Ledbetter’s fight has been important for all peopleworking against discrimination in the workplace, and the new law is a victory for all men and women who care about equity.
In partnership with the following donors: UMass Lowell Gender Studies Program; Center for Family, Work, & Community; Departments of History, Political Science, Psychology, Regional Social & Economic Development, Sociology, andWork Environment; and the Bread & Roses Heritage Committee, MTA/GRACE, Massachusetts Society of Professors, Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council, North Shore Labor Council, Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor, and United Teachers of Lowell.
Co-Sponsored by: Boston Women’s Commission and Middlesex Community College
For more information, contact Sue D’Amore at 978-934-3256 or email Susan_Damore@uml.edu.
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