Ledbetter v. Goodyear Equal Pay Hearing: Lilly Ledbetter

On June 12, 2007, Lilly Ledbetter, the plaintiff in a workplace discrimination lawsuit decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on May 29, testified about her case before the House Education and Labor Committee. Ledbetter sued Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company after learning that she was the lowest-paid supervisor out of a group of 16 supervisors at the facility, despite having more experience than several of her male counterparts. In a sharply divided 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled against Ledbetter. The Education and Labor Committee is considering legislation, to be introduced by Chairman George Miller, to reverse the Supreme Court's decision by making clear workers' rights under federal employment discrimination law.

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[Deepak Garg]

you are a douchebag

[kattheryn]

Equal pay for equal work. Why is this an issue? #StopTheMysogyny

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

pay your bills or pack your boxes...

bad debt Standard & Poors baybee liberal douchebags

pay your mortgage or go live in a van down by the river

repay the money that we the people fronted you, delusional AA minus rated suffragette.

foreclose on her ass.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

look stupid woman, you are lucky to have a job. glorified lunch lady, get a life!

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

when that missile goes rogue it's YOUR problem. do your job right. Uphold and Defend. No more liberal douchebag bullshit. Delusional entitlemet scumbag.

[qwertypoiu4321]

This woman is a thug idiot, if your marginal revenue product is higher than you are paid for then voluntarily ask for a raise or quit. Do not be a coercive thug idiot. Anyone like that thug that acts like a criminal should be charged as such.

[sophiemarie49]

This case was about same job, same responsibilites equals same pay.

The Chinese government is very strong militarily but not in enforcing safety and health inspections. Different priorities.

To blame the bank problems on home loans to people who couldn't afford them, is to ignore all the bad loans given to investors for 2nd, 3rd and 4th properties while they gambled house prices would go up indefinitely. Banks have a responsibility to their investors to not carelessly risk their money.

[sophiemarie49]

Why do you post a comment if you can't be bothered to read a news article on this subject to get the facts?

[sophiemarie49]

panman59, to continue my point, look at China where the government's lack of oversight let greedy people poison thousands of infants and children. Look how the lack of government regulation in banking messed up our economy when greedy bankers did stupid deals that had previously been against the law.

While greed is prevalent in business people's hearts, we need a strong government to make laws and enough government agents to test and enforce them.