Discrimination: Report It, Don't Ignore It

Andrea Silenzi and Jabulani Leffall — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:20:26 +0000

On this Tuesday's Central Standard, a look at a new campaign to address issues of discrimination in our community. The campaign includes newspaper ads, radio spots, billboards, flyers, posters and also a 12-week informational radio show. (This radio show not included.)

The Woman Behind The Ledbetter Pay Act

Stephen Steigman and Steve Kraske — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:44:40 +0000

In 1979, Lilly Ledbetter, a woman born in a house with no running water or electricity, applied for a job at the Goodyear tire factory. Even though the only women she’d seen there were secretaries in the front offices where she’d submitted her application, she got the job—one of the first women hired at the management level.

Though she faced daily discrimination and sexual harassment, Lilly pressed onward, believing that eventually things would change. Nineteen years later, Lilly learned that she was making thousands less per year than the men in her position and filed a sex discrimination case against Goodyear, which she won and then lost on appeal.