U.S. women's soccer team walks out of mediation in fight for equal pay
Two stars of the U.S. women's soccer team say the ball is in the court of the U.S. Soccer Federation after the reigning World Cup champions walked out of mediation talks being held Wednesday in their fight for equal pay.
The USWNT filed an equal pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation earlier this year. The two sides had agreed to go to mediation just before the World Cup kicked off in France in June. The U.S. Soccer Federation fired back at the athletes in a Wednesday statement, calling their actions"aggressive" and saying they had presented"misleading information" for months.
"And I think that U.S. Soccer and Carlos and the board just showed us that they weren't willing to start there with equality," Press continued."And it's not just a word you can say, it's something you have to stand behind because on this issue there is no social equality for women without financial equality."
When it comes to the actual legal issues at play, the suit points to two federal laws: the Equal Pay Act, which prohibits paying employees unequally based on sex, and Title VII, which prohibits employers discriminating on the basis of sex. In a statement released Wednesday, a USWNT spokesperson said the team wants women to know"we are undaunted" in the fight for equal pay.
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