Top Democrats In The House Introduce Pay Equity Act
Posted by Kombiz Lavasany on June 22, 2007 at 05:27 PM
In a 5-4 decision handed down by the Supreme Court last month Lilly Ledbetter, a 20 year employee of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was denied justice because the Supreme Court determined that she had filed her claim 180 days after the decision was made to discriminate against her. The problem? Most employees, like Ms. Ledbetter, don't realize that they are being paid unfairly till many years after they start working.
Rep. George Miller and top Democrats introduced legislation today that would undo the injustice suffered by Ms. Ledbetter and other Americans. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would allow claims to be filed up to 180 days after they receive a discriminatory paycheck.
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Equal pay for equal work is OK
Looks like Congress is now going to have to waste time working around the incompetent Bush SCOURT appointments. It's just layer upon layer of Republican BS that keeps any progress being made on the problems that really affect average Americans.
I wouldn't be surprised if we don't have to impeach both the knuckleheads in the Executive Branch (Cheney can't invoke Executive Privilege if he says he's not part of the Executive Branch, so cough up those documents that have been subpoenaed, Dead Eye), as well as all their SCOURT plants. None of them like the Constitution and refuse to obey it.
"We are an entity unto ourselves. Don't criticize or try to stop us from wreaking the country."
Looks like Congress is now going to have to waste time working around the incompetent Bush SCOURT appointments. It's just layer upon layer of Republican BS that keeps any progress being made on the problems that really affect average Americans.
I wouldn't be surprised if we don't have to impeach both the knuckleheads in the Executive Branch (Cheney can't invoke Executive Privilege if he says he's not part of the Executive Branch, so cough up those documents that have been subpoenaed, Dead Eye), as well as all their SCOURT plants. None of them like the Constitution and refuse to obey it.
"We are an entity unto ourselves. Don't criticize or try to stop us from wreaking the country."
It`s the same theme.This administration has done everything possible to make people at the top totally unaccountable at the expense of regular people.All they want to do is become legal criminals!They run things like they are the mafia.
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