How the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Fought and Won $24 Million in the Battle for Equal Pay
“A whopping $24 million has just been granted by the U.S. Soccer Federation to the U.S. women’s national soccer team USWNT after a gender discrimination lawsuit that spanned more than half a decade. The money is a settlement to a lawsuit filed by women players over unequal pay based on gender. According,” reports Amiah Taylor in Fortune.
“For our generation, knowing that we’re going to leave the game in an exponentially better place than when we found it is everything, Megan Rapinoe, a 36-year-old midfielder, and one of the plaintiffs, told The Associated Press. That’s what it’s all about because, to be honest, there is no justice in all of this if we don’t make sure it happens.”
