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Thursday, January 29, 2009
Posted 12:38 PM
by Mary
(Washington, DC, January 29, 2009) The American Humanist Association today
praised President Barack Obama for signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
into law--the first law signed in his presidency. The law protects women and
minorities against pay discrimination.
"Today an important step has been taken toward equality and fairness," said
Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association.
"The glass ceiling just got a little higher, and it's about time. The people
clearly want change and a more equitable world, one with equal opportunity
for all citizens. The American Humanist Association applauds President Obama
for taking this step in the right direction, and pledges to support similar
bills and measures in the future that will help end discrimination, not just
against women but against religious minorities, gays, lesbians and other
marginalized groups."
Karen Frantz, policy and advocacy associate of the American Humanist
Association agreed. "In 2008 we launched a campaign to mobilize our members
and supporters to take action on this critical issue of gender equality.
Without the Ledbetter Act, justice delayed becomes justice denied. But now
women are in a better position to redress the grievance of workplace
inequities."
The Fair Pay Act was drafted after Lilly Ledbetter lost her Supreme Court
case challenging proven pay discrimination by her employer, Goodyear.
Ledbetter made far less than her male colleagues for doing the same work,
losing approximately $200,000 in salary and more in pension and social
security benefits. However, the Supreme Court ruled that, even though she
was a victim of gender discrimination, and even though it had taken time for
the knowledge of her discrimination to become clear, she still had not made
her claim in a timely enough manner to seek redress. The Fair Pay Act was in
direct response to the ruling and remedies the artificial time constraint
hurdle.
"There should be no statute of limitation on fairness," concluded Frantz. Labels: Gender
"Representing our individual organizations but joined in common cause, we
have formed a council of peers to share information and raise awareness of
ethical humanist responses to UN-related initiatives in the fields of human
rights, intellectual and religious freedom, peace and conflict, corporate
ethics, and sustainable development."
"War does not determine who is right--only who is left." - Bertrand Russell
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