The OC Disorder

Today, Pres. Obama signed his first piece of legislation, the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.  Who’s Lily Ledbetter and what happened?

Ledbetter worked over 20 years for Goodyear Tires before finding out she was getting paid less than her male colleagues.  She sued Goodyear.  In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that she did not file her suit within the required statute of limitations, which is 180 days (6 months) after the employer’s first decision to discriminate.  As a result, she lost her case.

Congressional Democrats worked to revise the law, which John McCain opposed in 2008.  Finally, the bill passed and Obama signed it into law.  I enjoyed Obama’s remarks about the bill.  I think he had a message to conservatives when he reminded them that helping women is helping families too.  Democrats=family values!

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