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EEOC Helps Bolster U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s Equal Pay Lawsuit

By Robert Sheen | October 13, 2021

U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Equal Pay Lawsuit

The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) forges ahead in an ongoing equal pay lawsuit against its employer. Most recently the organization received support from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other federal agencies. As the case garners outside support, it continues to put a national spotlight on the nuances around pay equity. Read…

Despite Dismissal at Court, USWNT Continues Pay Equity Claim

By Nicholas Starkman | May 12, 2020

It was a stunning defeat for a team that has seemed at times invincible—but it was not on the soccer pitch. On Friday May 1, 2020, a federal district court judge dismissed the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s (USWNT) claim of unequal pay against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). Undaunted, the USWNT has appealed…

U.S. Women’s Soccer Equal Pay Lawsuit Sign of the Times [UPDATE]

By Robert Sheen | July 9, 2019

Now that the U.S. Senior Women’s Soccer Team (USWNT) has won again on the field, can the players forge a similar victory off the field to achieve equal pay? The USWNT rewrote the record books at the recent World Cup competition, thoroughly dominating the competition in winning its fourth World Cup, and second in a…