The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

  Lilly Ledbetter was a women supervisor at the company of Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Gadsden, Alabama. Working there nearly 20 years she sued the company after eventually learning that she was getting paid less than her other male co-workers at her facility. Lilly found out that she was being discriminated against by recieving an anonymous note in her mailbox showing the pay of Lilly's pay and the pay of three other male co-wokers who were completing the same daily tasks at the job.
  In this case against Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the Supreme Courts decision was overturned for decades but eventually in 2009 the new President Barack Obama signed his first bill approving that this case was a clear case of pay discrimination on the basis of sex. "Equal Pay."
  I personally feel that this bill being passed and signed was not only an oppurtunity for Lilly Ledbetter but also and oppurtunity for all women and men of all types of races, ages, disabilities, and nationalities around the world. I am truly inspired by Lilly Ledbetter as a person because she could have gave up and let the case go after it was first overturned by the Supreme Court but instead she fought for what she felt was right and what she believed in. Last, I really respect her for for not only doing this for herself but also thinking of the rights of the people in generations to come!!
 How does this issue relate to government and politics??
I feel the this issue has every thing to do with government like the Constitution, Equal Rights Amendment, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.




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