Posts Tagged ‘FIFA’
World Cup Champions U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Fights for Pay Equity
3 minute read “Men are so often paid and compensated on the potential that they show, not necessarily what they’ve done… And women are so often paid on what they’ve actually done…” Megan Rapinoe, U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, NPR Interview. As issues of gender and racial inequality took center stage in 2020, leaders in leagues…
Read MoreAustralia’s Women’s Soccer Team Achieves Equal Pay
Australia’s national women’s soccer team, the Matildas, reached a deal in late 2019 in which they will finally be paid the same as the men’s soccer team, the Socceroos. The four-year deal, officially called the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) was signed betweenFootball Federation Australia and Professional Footballers Australia. As a result of the agreement, the…
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