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LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
To our Senators:
FAIR PAY:
Isle City BPW of Alameda urges you to vote YES on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Act. The Senate may vote on legislation to fix the Supreme Court 's decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co . as early as tomorrow, April 23rd . The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act would ensure that victims of pay discrimination have a real chance to pursue their claims.
During the last few months, thousands of people around the country have worked tirelessly to help provide American workers who are victims of pay discrimination their day in court. The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831), the version of the Fair Pay Restoration Act that is going to the Senate floor, remedies an erroneous Supreme Court ruling on workplace discrimination. This bill reaffirms that civil rights have legally enforceable remedies. The House has passed the bill and now the ball is in the Senate's court.
H.R. 2831 is an important legislative "fix" to a May 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co .), which severely limited the ability of victims of pay discrimination to sue and recover damages under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Without this "fix," the impact of the Court's decision will likely be widespread, affecting pay discrimination cases under Title VII involving women and racial and ethnic minorities, as well as cases under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
We urge you to support HR 2831.
Sylvia Brown Olivetti
Legislative Chair
Isle City BPW of Alameda
COMMUNITY ACTIVISM
A warm welcome to our new member, Maria diMeglio.
Photo of 2008-09 officers.
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT
President JoAnn signed with Samhain Publishing, Ltd. to publish a second medieval romance, MATILDA'S SONG. The book will be e-published September 2008.
BPW Isle City usually meets every third Saturday. Meetings are open to the public and located in The Activities Room, Water's Edge Lodge on Bay Farm, 801 Island Drive, Alameda. (9:30 a.m. social time, 10:00 a.m. to noon business/program meeting).
Next business meeting is May 17, a program planning and budget meeting.
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