Ko tana tane, ko CSM Charles J. Ledbetter (US Army re.), He toa tino ataahua. Ko te ahuareka, i mate ia i te Hakihea 11, 2008, i te 73 o ona tau, a, kaore i roa tona oranga ki te kite i te tohu a te peresideni Obama Ko te Ture Tiaki Putea a Lilly Ledbetter o te tau 2009 ki te ture i te Hanuere 29, 2009.
I te 70, kei te noho a Lilly i Jacksonville, Alabama i runga i te penihana iti, me te maha o nga Amelika e pa ana ki te ngaro o tona kainga.
Lilly Ledbetter, he Humble, New American Ama
I whakamahia e Lilly Ledbetter a Goodyear Tire me Rubber mo te tekau ma iwa tau ki mua i te kitenga o te utu kua utua ki a ia he utu iti mo te mahi kotahi i utua e ona hoa tane. I tukuna e ia he whakawa ki a Goodyear, a, i muri i te pakanga roa o te ture, ka whakatauhia e ia ko te Kooti Hupirimi o Amerika. ngaro ia.
E ai ki te Kooti Hupirimi i roa kua roa tana whakapae. Ko tenei whakataunga, he mea kawari ake mo nga kaitukumahi ki te wehe atu i nga mahi whakaharahara utu, ka waiho hei take tino whakawakia e te Democrats me nga Republican: Ko McCain te "Joe the Plumber" me Obama ko "Lilly Ledbetter".
He Kaimahi Maatau Ahakoa Nga Maatau Rawa
Mai i te tau 1979 ki te tau 1998 i mahi a Lilly i te tipu pai i runga i te nekehanga mo te po mai i te 7 i te ahiahi ki te 7 o te marama, i raro i nga wa katoa ki te whakahirahira me te whakatoi.
I whakawhiwhia ia ki te "Tohu Whakaaturanga Matua" i te tau 1996, engari kaore tana whakaeke e rite ana ki tana mahi, kaore i rite ki nga mea kua hoatu ki nga tangata.
I te tau 2007, i whakaaturia e ia i te aroaro o te Runanga mo tana amuamu EEOC mo tetahi kaitohutohu nana i tono nga hoa wahine ki te hiahia ki te arotake i nga mahi pai. I whakaingoatia ia, engari ko te whakapae i ana mana ka tino kino te kino, ka arahina atu ki te wehewehe, ki te whakawhitinga wahine, me te whakatoi ki a Ledbetter.
Angel Angel's Anonymous
I hainatia e Lilly he kirimana me tona kaituku mahi kaore ia e korero ki nga utu utu me era atu kaimahi. Kaore ia i te mohio ki te kore e utua ana e ia kia tae noa ki te wa i mua i tana reti i te wa kaore he ingoa i tuhia i tenei ra, ka tuhia he tuhi ki tana pouaka. Ko te tuhi i tuhihia nga utu o etahi atu tangata e toru e mahi ana i te mea i utua e $ 4,286 ki te $ 5,236 i ia marama. Ko Lilly anake te $ 3,727 i ia marama. I te wa i tukuna e ia he amuamu ki te EEOC, ka tohua ia ki te kawe i nga potae taimaha. Ko ia i te 60 o tana wa i te wa, engari i haere tonu ia ki te mahi i nga mahi e hiahiatia ana e tona kaituku mahi kino.
He aha te aha i pai ai ia
Kaore a Lilly i mohio kei raro ia ia te utu. I tukuna ia ki te uiui mo te korero mo te utu utu ranei. Kaore i kitea e ia he taunakitanga tangihanga kia tae mai ra ano ia ki te whakamutu i nga tau 19 ki tana mahi ka tinihangatia ia.
I te mutunga, i kiia e te Hupirimi Kooti o te US kia tutuki he ture, me tuku he amuamu i roto i te 180 o te rarangi utu utu whakatupatutanga - ahakoa kaore i mohio ki a raanei i muri mai. Ko nga kaimahi e whakaaetia ana kia haere atu me nga kaimahi ohorere i runga i te tae, te wahine, me etahi atu take whakaharahara i te mea kaore i mohio nga kaimahi ki taua mahi, me te tango i nga mahi mo te ture.
He Take Whaiaro
He mea nui a Ledbetter ki te korero ki nga kaitōrangapū, ki te Paremete, ki a Barack Obama me Hillary Clinton i te kaha ki te whakahihiri i te hiahia kia huri. I whakaae a John McCain raua ko Sarah Palin ki te whakatau a te Hupirimi Kooti o te US. (Kihai a McCain i tautoko i nga utu utu tika hei whakarite i te moni utu mo nga wahine). I korero ano a McCain i nga korero kino mo te keehi a Ledbetter, a, i whakaarohia ano hoki ko te ture kua whakaritea hei "moemoea mo te roia."
Ko Ledbetter, he wahine e whakaiti ana, e whakawero ana i nga ture e kore e tiaki i nga kaimahi i te whakahirahira, ahakoa kaore ia e whai hua i ana mahi.
I roto i nga kupu a Lilly
I te Paenga-wha-te-rangi 22, 2008, i tuhi a Lilly i tenei tuhinga:
"Kei ahau i Whanganui a wiki tenei wiki, ka haere mai i te tari o te Senate ki te tari o te Kaunihera ki te hanga tautoko mo te Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - ture e mau ana i toku ingoa. Kaore au i whakaaro he aha taku e mahi ai i tenei wa i roto i taku ora !"I mahi pai ahau ki Goodyear, he pai hoki ki taku mahi, engari ki nga utu katoa, kua iti iho i ahau te tika, me te iti iho i te ture e mea ana ahau he tika ki a au.
"Ko [te Kooti Hupirimi Kooti] he taahiraa ki muri, he whakatau whakaharahara ehara i taku anake, engari mo nga wahine katoa e whai ana ki te whakaheke i te utu."
Kaore e taea e Lilly Ledbetter te Whai Hua mai i te ture hou, engari ko etahi atu wahine ka taea
Ko te take a Lilly Ledbetter ki a Goodyear e kore e taea te reti, a, ko te ture hou i awhina ia ki te whakawhiti, kaore e utua e ia i te Goodyear.
E ai ki a Lilly i tana tau 70, kei te ora tonu ia ki te "utu ki te utu" (he utu mo te reti reti i runga i nga utu wehewehe i utua e ia). "Ka waiho au hei taangata tuarua mo te toenga o toku ora ... Kei te pa ki nga pene katoa kei ahau i tenei ra." (1)
I a ia e haere ana ki Whanganui-a-Tara, DC mo te waitohu o te ture hou e whakahua ana i tana ingoa, ka ki mai a ia, "E koa ana ahau kua mutu tenei ka tuku karere ki te Hupirimi Kooti: Kua he koe." (2)
Raina Time o Nga Ture Ture i Lilly Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
- 1979 - Noema 1998: I mahi a Lilly hei kaiwhakahaere rohe mo Goodyear Tire me Roera Kamupene i tana waahi o Gadsden, Alabama.
Poutü-te-rangi 1998: I tuku a Ledbetter i tetahi pitihana ki te Komihana Toi Whaiaro Mahi (EEOC) e uiui ana mo nga utu.
- Hōngongoi 1998: Tukuna he ture EEOC ōkawa. E rua nga kerēme matua i whakahuatia e Ledbetter: ko te kereme a te taitara VII me te kerēme i raro i te Ture Whakatau Tuturu o te tau 1963 (EPA), 29 USC §206 (d).
I muri i tana tono i te amuamu, i tukuna a Ledbetter, i te 60 o ona tau, ki te kawe i nga potae taimaha; he tino mahi he utu na Goodyear.
I tukuna e te Kooti Takiwa etahi kerēme a Ledbetter, tae atu ki tana taitara a VII mo te whakapae whakaharahara ki te whakamatau. Engari i tukuna e te Kooti Takiwa te whakariterite whakawa mo te pai o Goodyear mo etahi o ana kerēme, tae atu ki tana kerēme Tiriti Taurite.
- Whiringa-a-rangi 1998: Kua tae atu a Ledbetter i te wa o mua, ka tukuna he take "e whakaatu ana, i roto i era atu mea, he kereme whakatupatutanga wahine i raro i te Title VII o te Ture Tika Tangata 1964."
I whakawhiwhia e te kaitohutohu a Ledbetter e $ 3.3 miriona, engari ka iti ake te moni i te $ 300,000.
- Noema 2006 - Haratua 2007: I tono a Goodyear ki te US Supreme Court i whakakore i te whakatau a te kooti mo te pai o Goodyear. I roto i te 5-4 pōti, i whakatauhia e kore e tika ki te utu a Ledbetter no te mea i waiho e ia tana kerēme neke atu i te 180 nga ra i muri i tona fariiraa i te utu utu tuatahi. ( Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , 550 US 618; R048; Nama 05-1074; I tautohetia 11/27/06; i whakatauhia i te 05/29/07.
- Hānuere 2009: Ko te pakanga i haere tonu me te maha o nga pire i whakaurua ki te huri i te ture. I te 29 o Hānuere, 2009, i hainatia te ture a Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act o te tau 2009 e te peresideni Barack Obama.
Ki te hiahia koe ki te tuku i tetahi takoha whakamahara mo tana tane, ko Charles, i mate i te marama o Tihema 2008, whakawhiti atu ki te Church Baptist First, PO Box 400, Jacksonville 36265.
Kaupapa:
(1) Birmingham News , Hanuere 23, 2009
(2) Birmingham News , Hanuere 28, 2009