U.S. women's soccer team marks International Women's Day by suing for equal treatment
The U.S. women's soccer team has a reputation for never giving up. If they happen to concede a goal or two, you can expect them to maximize every chance until they've closed the gap or taken the lead.
On International Women's Day, they showed that fighting mentality off the field when the team's 28 players sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for "years of ongoing institutionalized gender discrimination," according to a press release.
The suit is the latest phase in a battle for equality that launched in 2016 when the team's highest-profile players filed a wage discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The players, including Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Carli Lloyd, argued that despite working as hard as — and even outperforming — the U.S. soccer men's team, they received less compensation. Read more...
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