The Intercept and the American Prospect launched a new joint project yesterday, a look at the many untapped ways that Congress can counteract Supreme Court decisions. The case of Lilly Ledbetter is instructive. From 1979 until her retirement in 1998, Ledbetter worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber’s plant in Gadsden, Alabama. Once she had left the job, she learned a disturbing fact. When Ledbetter had started, her supervisor salary was comparable to men in similar positions. But with each performance review, the men she worked alongside got bigger raises, and she gradually fell further and further behind. By the time she retired, she was earning $3,727 a month: hundreds of dollars less than the lowest-paid man in her position, and significantly below the average man.
The goal of the century
The goal of the century
The goal of the century
The Intercept and the American Prospect launched a new joint project yesterday, a look at the many untapped ways that Congress can counteract Supreme Court decisions. The case of Lilly Ledbetter is instructive. From 1979 until her retirement in 1998, Ledbetter worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber’s plant in Gadsden, Alabama. Once she had left the job, she learned a disturbing fact. When Ledbetter had started, her supervisor salary was comparable to men in similar positions. But with each performance review, the men she worked alongside got bigger raises, and she gradually fell further and further behind. By the time she retired, she was earning $3,727 a month: hundreds of dollars less than the lowest-paid man in her position, and significantly below the average man.