I expected you ladies to intuit this post
posted by bitchphd
I completely failed to blog in support of The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, because I am a complete and total asshole, and I haven't even mentioned the fact that it got voted down until now.
I think the best writeup I've seen was, as is so often the case, Dahlia Lithwick's.
Short version: no, we won't pass a law that explicitly requires equal pay legislation to be interpreted the way it always has been. So when the Supreme Court, in is wisdom, decided that women who don't know they're being discriminated against by their employer within six months of that first unequal paycheck--even if their employer forbids them from discussing salaries, and even though it's kind of hard to demonstrate a pattern of discrimination with only six month's worth of data--well, too bad, ladies. That's how it is from here on out.
The Republicans justify this by saying that women just need to be better trained.
In mind-reading, apparently.
If you can't read minds yet, however, you can check here to see how your senator voted. If you doubt your senator's ability to read minds, you can then call 202.224.3121, ask to be connected to your senator's office, and either tell them you appreciate their supporting the bill or are disappointed in them, and that you hope they'll continue to support it (or change their vote), without amendments, when it comes back up again in a few months.
I think the best writeup I've seen was, as is so often the case, Dahlia Lithwick's.
Short version: no, we won't pass a law that explicitly requires equal pay legislation to be interpreted the way it always has been. So when the Supreme Court, in is wisdom, decided that women who don't know they're being discriminated against by their employer within six months of that first unequal paycheck--even if their employer forbids them from discussing salaries, and even though it's kind of hard to demonstrate a pattern of discrimination with only six month's worth of data--well, too bad, ladies. That's how it is from here on out.
The Republicans justify this by saying that women just need to be better trained.
In mind-reading, apparently.
If you can't read minds yet, however, you can check here to see how your senator voted. If you doubt your senator's ability to read minds, you can then call 202.224.3121, ask to be connected to your senator's office, and either tell them you appreciate their supporting the bill or are disappointed in them, and that you hope they'll continue to support it (or change their vote), without amendments, when it comes back up again in a few months.
Posted at 2:02 PM
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