Pass the Fair Pay Act

The New York Times

This article is about the government making it much harder for an employee to sue over unlawful pay discrimination. The case in this article is that of Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear Tire Company in Alabama. She claimed that she received lower yearly raises than the male employees. The jury found that her rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were violated. However, the Supreme Court ruled that she would be entitled to no compensation because she filed this claim past the 180 day mark. The author does a good job talking about how the Senate is reconsidering the bill and tells what would be restructured. The only bad thing the author said is when he bashes the Bush White House in the last sentence clearly showing his bias. This was an overall well written article.