Murume wake, CSM Charles J. Ledbetter (US Army ret.), Akanga ari mhare yakashongedzwa chaizvo. Zvinosuruvarisa kuti akazofa musi waDecember 11, 2008, ava nemakore makumi manomwe nemasere uye haana kurarama kwenguva yakakwana kuti aone Mutungamiri Obama achisimbisa Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ye 2009 kusvika mutemo musi waJanuary 29, 2009.
Iye zvino 70, Lilly anogara kuJackville, Alabama pane purojeti duku uye kufanana navazhinji veAmerica vanetseka pamusoro pokurasikirwa nemusha wake.
Lilly Ledbetter, Anozvininipisa, New American Icon
Lilly Ledbetter aishanda naGoodyear Tire neRubber kwemakore gumi nemapfumbamwe asati aona kuti akabhadharwa zvakaderera nebasa rimwe chete nevezera rake vevari vari kubhadharwa. Akaisa mhosva pamusoro peGoyeyear, uye mushure menguva refu yematare ehondo, nyaya yake yakazopedzisira yasarudzwa neDare Repamusorosoro reUnited States; iye akarasika.
Dare Repamusorosoro raiti akanga atora nguva yakareba kuti ataure kunyunyuta. Ichi chisarudzo, chakaita kuti zvive nyore kune vashandirwi kuti vaende kure nemararamiro ekusarura, vaizove vakapikisa nyaya yepamutemo neDemocrats neRepublicans: McCain aiva ne "Joe the Plumber" uye Obama ane "Lilly Ledbetter."
Mushandi Akaoma Pasinei Nemamiriro Ekutambudzika
Kubva muna 1979 kusvika muna1991 Lilly akashanda asingatyi muchero weGoaryear pahusiku hwemasikati kubva pa7: 7 kusvika pa7 am, paakaiswa pasi pezuva nekusarura nekushungurudzwa.
Akagamuchira "Top Performance Award" muna 1996, asi iyo inomutsa haina kumbofananidzwa nekushanda kwayo uye yakanga isingatenderwi nevakapiwa varume.
Muna 2007, akapupura pamberi peCongress pamusoro pekunyunyuta kwake kweEEOC pamusoro pemutariri aida kubvuma zvepabonde kana achida kuongorora maitiro ekushanda. Akarongedzwa, asi kuisa kodzero dzake kwakangoita kuti zvinhu zviwedzere uye zvakatungamirira kune oga, kusarurwa kwepabonde, uye kutsiva pamusoro peLedbetter.
Lilly's Anonymous Angel
Lilly akasaina chibvumirano nemubhizimisi wake kuti haazotauri nezvekubhadhara mari pamwe nevamwe vashandi. Akange asina nzira yekuziva kuti akanga ari kubhadharwa mari kusvikira asati asvika kurega basa apo chinyorwa chinoramba chisingazivikanwi nhasi, chakakonzera kadhi mubhokisi rake remasuo. Nyaya yacho yakarongedza mibairo yevamwe varume vatatu vachiita zvakafanana vakanga vari kubhadharwa $ 4,286 kusvika $ 5 236 pamwedzi. Lilly aingoita $ 3 727 pamwedzi. Apo paakaisa kunyunyuta neEEOC iye akazopiwa basa rokutakura mataire akaremara. Akanga ari mumakore ake makumi matanhatu panguva iyoyo asi akaenderera mberi kuita mabasa ayo aishanda asina utsinye aidiwa naye.
Chikonzero Chai Chaakaita Matered
Lilly akanga asingazivi kuti akanga ari kubhadhara mari. Akarambidzwa kubvunza pamusoro kana kutaura pamusoro pekubhadhara mubhadharo. Akanga asina humwe uchapupu chaihwo kusvikira ainge agadzirira kurega basa makore makumi maviri nemashanu kupinda mubasa raakanga achiri kunyengedzwa.
Pakupedzisira, Dare Repamusorosoro reUnited States rakapa mutongo kuti kuva nemhosva yepamutemo, munhu anofanira kufanira kunyunyuta mukati memazana 180 ekutanga kusarura mubhadharo-kunyange dai vakanga vasina kuziva nezvazvo kusvikira nguva yakareba. Izvi zvakabvumira vashandi kuti vabve nevashandi vanobhadhara mari vachishandisa ruvara, zvepabonde, kana zvimwe zvikonzero zvekusarura chero bedzi vashandi vakanga vasingazivi nezvazvo uye kutora mvumo yepamutemo pakarepo.
Mhosva Isingazviiti
Ledbetter akaita basa rinokosha kutaura kune vezvematongerwo enyika, Congress, uye kunyange Barack Obama naHillary Clinton mukuedza kugutsikana kudiwa kwekushandurwa. John McCain naSarain Palin vose vakabvumirana nechisarudzo cheDare reMukuru weUnited States (McCain haana kutsigira kubhadharwa kwakakwana kwezvaizoita mutemo webhadharo yakakwana yevakadzi). McCain akaitawo zvinyorwa zvisina kunaka pamusoro pekukonzera kwaLedbetter uye akafunga kuti mutemo wakarongerwa "gweta rezvemhosva."
Ledbetter, mukadzi akazvininipisa, akapikisa mitemo isingadziviriri vashandi pakusarura kunyange zvazvo iye pachake aisazombobatsirwa zvakananga nemabasa ake.
MuLilly's Own Words
MunaApril 22, 2008 blog post Post by Lilly rakanyora muchero unotevera:
"Ndiri kuWashington vhiki ino, ndichibva kuhofisi yeSeneate kuenda kuhofisi yeSeneate kuti ndiwane sangano reLilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - mutemo unoshevedza nezita rangu. Handingambofungi izvi ndizvo zvandaizoita panguva ino muupenyu hwangu !"Ndakashanda zvakaoma kuGoodyear, uye ndaive akanaka kumabasa angu asi nemari yekubhadhara, ndakawana zvishoma pane zvandakafanirwa uye pasi pemutemo unoti ndine kodzero yekuita.
"Icho [Chisarudzo cheDare Repamusoro] chaive chiito chekudzokera shure, uye chisarudzo chinotyisa kwete kwandiri chete asi kune vakadzi vose vangave vachirwisana nemari yekusarura."
Lilly Ledbetter Haagoni Kubatsirwa NeMutemo Mutsva, Asi Mamwe Madzimai Anogona
Nyaya yaLilbet Ledbetter pamusoro peGoyeyear haigoni kudzokera zvakare uye mutemo mutsva waakabatsira kuti apfuure haugoni kudzorera kubva kune Goodyear.
Lilly anorayira ava nemakore makumi manomwe achiri kurarama "kubhadharwa kubhadharwa" (mubhadharo wake wokurasikirwa unobva pamararamiro okusarura aakabhadharwa). "Ndichange ndiri chizvarwa chechipiri kwehupenyu hwangu hwose ... Inobata mari yose yandinayo nhasi." (1)
Asi sezvo iye achienda kuWashington, DC kuchinyoresa mutemo mutsva unonzi zita rake akashingaira akati, "Ndiri kufara chaizvo kuti izvi zvakapedzisira zvapfuura uye zvinotumira shoko kuDare Repamusorosoro: Wakazvitadza." (2)
Nguva Yezviitiko Zvepamutemo muLilbet Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
- 1979 - November 1998: Lilly akashanda semutariri wenharaunda yeGoodyear Tire uye Rubber Company paGadsden, Alabama.
March 1998: Ledbetter akaendesa mubhuku remibvunzo kuEqual Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ichibvunza nezvemari.
- July 1998: Kutumirwa kunyoresa EEOC mutero. Zvinyorwa zviviri zvinokosha zvakasimbiswa naLedbetter: A Title VII kubhadhara kusarurwa kuda uye kudai pasi peEqual Pay Act ya1963 (EPA), 29 USC ยง206 (d).
Mushure mokunge aisa chikwata, Ledbetter, iye zvino ava nemakore ake makumi matanhatu, akadzoserwa kutakura mataire ane simba; zviri pachena chiito chekutsiva neGoyeyear.
Dare reDare rakabvumira zvimwe zvekutaura kwaLedbetter, kusanganisira iye Title VII kubhadhara kusarurwa kudaidzwa kuti aenderere mberi. Asi Dare reDare rakapa muchidimbu kutonga mukuda kwaGoyeyear pane zvakawanda zvezvaanotaura, kusanganisira iye Equal Pay Act claim.
- November 1998: Ledbetter akasiya basa uye akatumira sutu "achitaura, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, kusarura kwepabonde kudai pasi peChinyorwa VII cheChristian Rights Act muna 1964."
Rimwe jeri rakapiwa Ledbetter rinenge madhora 3.3 mamiriyoni, asi mari yacho yakaderedzwa kusvika kune $ 300,000.
- November 2006 - May 2007: Goodyear akaendesa kudare reDare Repamusorosoro reUnited States rakashandura mutongo wedare rezasi nekuda kweGoyeyear. Muvhoti 5-4, zvakasarudzwa kuti Ledbetter akanga asina kodzero yekubhadhara nokuti akaisa chirevo chake mazuva anopfuura 180 mushure mekunge agamuchira pokutanga kusarura. ( Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , 550 US 618; R048; Nhamba 05-1074; Vakapikisana 11/27/06; Vakasarudza 05/29/07.
- January 2009: Hondo yakaramba ichishandiswa nemitemo yakawanda ichijekeswa kuti ishandure mutemo. Musi waJanuary 29, 2009, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ye 2009 yakasimbiswa mumutemo neMutungamiri Barack Obama.
Kana uchida kuita chiyeuchidzo chomurume wake, Charles, uyo akazofa munaDecember 2008, taura ne First Baptist Church, PO Box 400, Jacksonville 36265.
Sources:
(1) Birmingham News , January 23, 2009
(2) Birmingham News , January 28, 2009