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January 23, 2009

Senate Passes Wage Discrimination Bill
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The Senate has passed a bill that would overturn a Supreme Court ruling
preventing women from filing pay discrimination lawsuits. The Lilly
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act is named for a female employee of the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company who was paid 40 percent less than her male
colleagues doing the same job. Ledbetter lost her suit against Goodyear
after the court ruled she did not file a complaint on time. Senate
Republicans had blocked the same measure last April. It now goes to the
House, where it’s expected to pass.



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