OpEdNews - Diary: Tell your representative to stop wage discrimination and restore fairness

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This past May, as you may recall, the Supreme Court ruled against a Goodyear employee who earned considerably less than her male counterparts. Their justification? She waited too long to sue. If you don't learn about the discrimination and take action within 180 days of when it started, you're out of luck. If you don't find out about it until it's been going on for several years, you're simply out of luck. Is that fair? I don't think so. Fortunately for workers, Rep. George Miller (D-CA) doesn't think so either. He is sponsoring the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (H.R. 2831), which will likely come to the House floor for a vote on Monday evening, July 30. According to an action alert from the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act "eliminates these unreasonable time limits, allowing victims of pay discrimination to seek back pay and damages when they become aware of the injustice." Take action: >> Tell your representative to vote for the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831). -----