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Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber’s plant in Gadsden, Alabama, from 1979 until her retirement in 1998. For most of those years, she worked as an area manager, a position largely occupied by men. Initially, Ledbetter’s salary was in line with the salaries of men performing substantially similar work. Over time, however, her pay slipped in comparison to the pay of male area managers with equal or less seniority. By the end of 1997, Ledbetter was the only woman working as an area manager and the pay discrepancy between Ledbetter and her 15 male counterparts was stark: Ledbetter was paid $3,727 per month; the lowest paid male area manager received $4,286 per month, the highest paid, $5,236.[4] This pay disparity led to further inequity in her "overtime pay, contributory retirement, 401(k), and social security." [5]
It's going to be pretty difficult to sell Obama as anything other than a champion of women's rights, with this video floating around.
I don't believe either party is against women. Question is when either party are accused of it are most women going to be blinded by ideology enough to fall for such stupid tactics?
I don't believe either party is against women. Question is when either party are accused of it are most women going to be blinded by ideology enough to fall for such stupid tactics?
I don't believe either party is against women. Question is when either party are accused of it are most women going to be blinded by ideology enough to fall for such stupid tactics?
May not be against them...but USE them to get where they are going.
It's disingenuous.
President Obama on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and Equal Pay for All Workers - YouTube
It's going to be pretty difficult to sell Obama as anything other than a champion of women's rights, with this video floating around.
True. And until either recognizes the individual American and sticks to it?I don't believe either party is against women. Question is when either party are accused of it are most women going to be blinded by ideology enough to fall for such stupid tactics?
May not be against them...but USE them to get where they are going.
It's disingenuous.
Both sides pandering for votes. Obama just happens to be the current ring leader.
The Senate passed a bill that would let employers deny health insurance coverage for birth control for employees who do cannot prove a medical need for it. The bill now goes to the House for consideration.
Lilly Ledbetter released the following statement responding to the Romney campaigns refusal to say whether Mitt Romney supported the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act on a conference call this morning. Read it and then share with your friends.
"I was shocked and disappointed to hear that Mitt Romney is not willing to stand up for women and their families. If he is truly concerned about women in this economy, he wouldnt have to take time to think about whether he supports the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. This Act not only ensures women have the tools to get equal pay for equal work, but it means their families will be better served also. Women earn just 77 cents to every dollar that men earn for the same job, which is why President Obama took decisive action and made this the first bill that he signed when he took office. Women should have the ability to take their bosses to court to get the same pay as their male coworkers. Anyone who wants to be President of the United States shouldnt have to think about whether they support pursuing every possible avenue to ensuring women get the same pay for the same work as men. Our economic security depends on it."
Note: Stamping your feet and screeching "Nuh-UH!!" is not a valid refutation.Romney is lying. I should think that would be obvious, what with all the unemployed MEN and all.
WASHINGTON The Senate on Thursday killed a Republican effort to let employers and health insurance companies deny coverage for contraceptives and other items they object to on religious or moral grounds.
The vote was 51-48.
In effect, the Senate upheld President Barack Obama's birth control policy, which guarantees that women have access to insurance coverage for contraceptives at no charge, through an employer's health plan or directly from an insurance company.
I don't believe either party is against women. Question is when either party are accused of it are most women going to be blinded by ideology enough to fall for such stupid tactics?
It's not about ideology, Gramps. It's about my jaw dropping on a regular basis over the past many, many months while the GOP presented and/or passed bills to take us back far too many years. You can't legislate morality, and that's what they're shooting for.
When the Supremes upheld the ban, by as narrow a vote as is anticipated in the Obamacare decision, Obama protested. When speaking at a Planned Parenthood fundraiser in 2007 he said:
For the first time in Gonzales vs. Carhart, the Supreme Court held upheld a federal ban on abortions with criminal penalties for doctors. For the first time, the Courts endorsed an abortion restriction without an exception for womens health. The decision presumed that the health of women is best protected by the Court not by doctors and not by the woman herself. That presumption is wrong.
In that case Obama was condemning the Supreme Court for upholding a federal law, which was actually a healthcare law of sorts, since it sought to protect half-born children from being stabbed to death."
Obama on Obamacare vs. Obama on Partial Birth Abortion Ban | LifeNews.com
Ya this helps women. They don't suffer permanent mental damage from killing their baby. They are relieved and happy. Bullshit. It's how men control women by making them think it's ok to kill their babies.
If that's been the law for decades, why do women still earn .77 on the dollar paid to men.
Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubbers plant in Gadsden, Alabama, from 1979 until her retirement in 1998. For most of those years, she worked as an area manager, a position largely occupied by men. Initially, Ledbetters salary was in line with the salaries of men performing substantially similar work. Over time, however, her pay slipped in comparison to the pay of male area managers with equal or less seniority. By the end of 1997, Ledbetter was the only woman working as an area manager and the pay discrepancy between Ledbetter and her 15 male counterparts was stark: Ledbetter was paid $3,727 per month; the lowest paid male area manager received $4,286 per month, the highest paid, $5,236.[4] This pay disparity led to further inequity in her "overtime pay, contributory retirement, 401(k), and social security." [5]
She "waited too long?" How can there be 'too long' a wait?
Lilly Ledbetter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia