Meet With Voinovich to Support Equal Pay for Women, in Cleveland 5/27

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 6:34pm.

Start: 05/27/2008 - 12:00pm

End: 05/27/2008 - 1:00pm

Laura Scher of Credo Action calls on Ohio progressives to meet with Sen. George Voinovich (R) at his Cleveland district office at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 27th, to call on him to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

Lilly Ledbetter worked 19 years at Goodyear before she learned the men at her level were earning far more. Eventually she sued and Goodyear fought her all the way to the Supreme Court —- where five male justices ruled her claim invalid because the pay disparity resulted from discrimination that occurred more than 180 days before her lawsuit was filed. This ruling gutted the Equal Pay Act, since unlike terminations and other overt employment actions the situation of unfair pay tends to develop slowly and silently.

HR 2831, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, will restore the ability of plaintiffs to seek redress for unfair pay when the unfair pay occurred within the statutory 180 day period, without regard to whether the discriminatory action occurred earlier. This bill passed the U.S. House by 225-199 last July, but Republican prevented it from reaching the floor of the Senate on a 56-42 cloture vote on April 23rd. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Avon) voted to bring the measure to a vote, Sen. George Voinovich (R-Cleveland) voted against.

Laura Scher says that the Lilly Ledbetter bill may come to a vote in the Senate again soon, and asks for your help in pressuring Voinovich to vote for this important social justice legislation. Click here to take action. The meeting at Voinvovich's district office will be at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 27th, at 1240 East Ninth Street, Room 3061, in Cleveland.

Meeting protest or both?

Submitted by Jill on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 6:43pm.

Hi Jeff - I would like to go to this but am curious to understand what the agenda/format is - is this a meeting with his staff specifically to outline the desire for his support and why? Thanks.

Its a meeting

Submitted by Jeff on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 9:03pm.

Here is text from the announcement I received:

"Meet with your fellow constituents at Sen. Voinovich's district office to encourage him to pass HR 2831 and ensure that women receive pay equal to the pay that men receive for doing the same job."

I'd like to go as well. I'm completely behind the bill, and I'm curious to see what the senator or his staff will have to say.

Meeting at Voinovich's Office

Submitted by ldonahey on Thu, 05/22/2008 - 7:38pm.

Hi,

My name is Leah Donahey and I am one of the coordinators for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act meeting in Cleveland. This is a meeting with the staff of Senator Voinovich. If you are interested in attending, please sign up and the local coordinator will be in touch with more details, but basically you meet at the senator's office to deliver a strong position in favor of passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The meeting is with staff.

Here is a link to background on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and its impacts in Ohio.

http://act.credoaction.com/event/events/materials/2/OH.pdf

Thanks so much for your interest and I hope you can attend.

Leah Donahey