US women's national soccer team players ask for appeal and trial delay after judge dismisses equal pay claims
The plaintiffs had two filings Friday in federal district court in California. Attorneys for the players are asking to postpone the trial, which currently is scheduled for June 16. Additionally, they are seeking an entry of final judgment on their equal pay and Title VII pay discrimination claims, to allow an immediate appeal on those claims to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, according to court documents.
The women's CBA guarantees that players will be compensated regardless of whether they play a match or not, while the men's CBA calls for players to be paid if they are called into camp to play and then participate in a match, according to the summary judgment.Klausner wrote that the women were asking for a court to conclude that the women were paid less than men because had the women been paid under the men's CBA, they would have earned more than they did under their own CBA.
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