Wage Discrimination
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007I read this article on Sunday and it made me so depressed. It's about the Supreme Court's decision to support the interests of businesses over workers. It's the story of Lilly Ledbetter, an employee who file suit against Goodyear Tire and Rubber for wage discrimination. She was clearly discriminated against but the Supreme Court decided to a enforce a strict time requirement for challenges to be made within 180 days of the first unequal paycheck. Lily Ledbetter didn't even know she was being unfairly paid for years. This is a ruling that hurts not only women but all unfairly treated workers. Here's the link to the article by Oregonian writer Susan Nielsen.
-Brenda
