Mwamuna wake, CSM Charles J. Ledbetter (US Army ret.), Anali wodzikongoletsa kwambiri. N'zomvetsa chisoni kuti anafa pa December 11, 2008, ali ndi zaka 73 ndipo sanakhalenso ndi nthawi yaitali kuti awonetse Pulezidenti Obama atsegule Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ya 2009 kuti akhale lamulo pa January 29, 2009.
Tsopano 70, Lilly amakhala ku Jacksonville, Alabama pa penshoni yaing'ono ndipo monga anthu ambiri a ku America akudandaula za kutayika kwawo.
Lilly Ledbetter, Wodzichepetsa, Icon American New
Lilly Ledbetter anagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Goodyear Tire ndi Rubber kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi zinayi asanamuzindikire kuti analipira ndalama zochepetsera ntchito imodzimodziyo monga anzake amunthu analipira. Anapereka chigamulo chotsutsana ndi Goodyear, ndipo pambuyo pa milandu yaitali yalamulo, mlandu wake unasankhidwa ndi Khoti Lalikulu Kwambiri ku United States; iye anataya.
Khoti Lalikulu linanena kuti adatenga nthawi yayitali kuti apereke chidandaulo. Chigamulochi, chomwe chinapangitsa kuti olemba ntchito apulumuke kuti asatengedwe ndi zisankho, zikanakhala zovuta kutsutsidwa ndi a Democrats ndi Republican: McCain anali ndi "Joe Plumber" ndipo Obama anali ndi "Lilly Ledbetter."
Wogwira Ntchito Mwakhama Ngakhale Zovuta Kwambiri
Kuyambira mu 1979 mpaka 1998 Lilly ankagwira ntchito mwakhama pa chomera cha Goodyear usiku umodzi kuchokera 7 koloko mpaka 7 koloko kumene adagonjetsedwa tsiku ndi tsiku kugonana ndi kuzunzidwa.
Analandira "Mpikisano wa Top Performance" mu 1996, koma akuukitsidwa osagwirizana ndi ntchito yake ndipo sanali wofanana ndi omwe amapatsidwa kwa amuna.
Mu 2007, adachitira umboni pamaso pa Congress kuti adandaule za EEOC za mtsogoleri yemwe adafuna chisomo chofuna kugonana ngati akufuna ntchito zabwino zogwirira ntchito. Anatumizidwa, koma kuwonetsera ufulu wake kunangopangitsa kuti zinthu zikhale zoipitsitsa ndipo zinapangitsa kuti azikhala okhaokha, kusankhana mwachisawawa, ndi kubwezera motsutsana ndi Ledbetter.
Lilly's Anonymous Angel
Lilly anasaina mgwirizano ndi abwana ake kuti sangakambirane za malipiro awo ndi antchito ena. Iye analibe njira yodziwira kuti iye anali kulipilira malipiro mpaka atangotsala pang'ono kuchoka pantchito pamene gwero lomwe silikudziwikanso lero, linatumizira cholembera mu bokosi lake la makalata. Mndandandawu unalembedwa malipiro a amuna atatu omwe amachita zomwezo omwe analipira $ 4,286 mpaka $ 5,236 pamwezi. Lilly amangopanga $ 3,727 pamwezi. Pamene adakayikira ku EEOC, adatumizidwa kukweza matayala olemera. Anali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri (60s) panthawiyo koma anapitirizabe kuchita ntchito yomwe ankagwira ntchitoyo.
Chifukwa Chimene Iye Anachita
Lilly sankadziwa kuti analipira ndalama zambiri. Analetsedwa kufunsa kapena kulankhula za malipiro a malipiro. Iye analibe umboni wooneka mpaka atakhala wokonzeka kuchoka zaka 19 kupita kuntchito yomwe iye anali kunyengedwa.
Pamapeto pake, Khoti Lalikulu la ku United States linagamula kuti kukhala ndi chilamulo, munthu ayenera kufotokoza molakwika mu 180 zoyamba zowonongeka - ngakhale kuti sakudziwa mpaka patapita nthawi. Izi zinapangitsa olemba ntchito kuti achoke ogwira ntchito operekera ndalama pogwiritsa ntchito mtundu, kugonana, kapena zifukwa zina zosankhana pokhapokha antchito sakudziwa za izo ndikuchitapo kanthu mwamsanga.
Chifukwa Chodzikonda
Ledbetter adagwira ntchito yofunikira kuyankhula ndi ndale, Congress, ngakhale Barack Obama ndi Hillary Clinton pofuna kuyesa kusintha kwasowa. John McCain ndi Sarah Palin onse adagwirizana ndi chigamulo cha US Supreme Court (McCain sankagwirizana ndi malipiro oyenera omwe angapereke lamulo lofanana kwa azimayi). McCain nayenso ankanena zabodza za Ledbetter ndipo anawona kuti lamuloli ndilo "lolota wolemba milandu."
Ledbetter, mkazi wodzichepetsa, anakayikira malamulo omwe sanateteze antchito kusankhana ngakhale kuti iye sakanakhoza kupindula mwachindunji ndi ntchito yake.
Mu Lilly's Own Words
Mu post ya pa April 22, 2008, blog post Lilly analemba zolemba izi:
"Ndili ku Washington sabata ino, ndikuchokera ku ofesi ya Senate kupita ku ofesi ya Seteti kuti ndikathandizire Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - lamulo lomwe liri ndi dzina langa. Sindinaganizirepo izi ndi zomwe ndikuchita panthawi ino m'moyo wanga !"Ndinagwira ntchito mwakhama ku Goodyear, ndipo ndinali wabwino kuntchito yanga. Koma ndi wolipira aliyense, ine ndiri ndi zochepa kuposa zomwe ndimayenera komanso zochepa kuposa malamulo akuti ndine woyenera.
"[Chigamulo cha Khoti Lalikulu] chinali kubwerera mmbuyo, ndi chisankho choipa osati kwa ine okha koma kwa amayi onse omwe angafunikire kulimbana ndi tsankho."
Lilly Ledbetter Sangapindule ndi Chilamulo Chatsopano, Koma Akazi Ena Angathe
Nkhani ya Lilly Ledbetter motsutsana ndi Goodyear sangathe kubwereranso ndipo lamulo latsopano lomwe iye anathandizira kudutsa silidzabwezeretsa ku Goodyear.
Lilly ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi awiri (70) akukhalabe "akulipilira malipiro ake" (malipiro ake othawa pantchito akuchokera pa malipiro osalidwa omwe adalipira). "Ndidzakhala nzika yachiwiri kwa moyo wanga wonse ... Zimakhudza ndalama zonse zomwe ndili nazo masiku ano." (1)
Koma pamene adafika ku Washington, DC pofuna kulembedwa kwa lamulo latsopano lotchedwa dzina lake, adati, "Ndimasangalala kwambiri kuti izi zatha ndipo zimatumizira uthenga ku Supreme Court. (2)
Zochitika Zokhudza Milandu mu Lilly Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
- 1979 - November 1998: Lilly anali woyang'anira dera la Goodyear Tire ndi Rubber Company ku Gadsden, Alabama.
March 1998: Ledbetter adalembera mafunso ku Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) akufunsa za malipiro.
- July 1998: malipiro ovomerezedwa a EEOC. Mfundo ziwiri zofunika zotsutsika ndi Ledbetter: Mutu wa VII wopereka chisankho ndikudandaula ndi chilolezo pansi pa Equal Pay Act ya 1963 (EPA), 29 USC ยง206 (d).
Atapereka chidandaulo, Ledbetter, ndiye ali ndi zaka za m'ma 60, adatumizidwa kukweza matayala olemera; Mwachiwonekere ndilo kubwezera kwa Goodyear.
Khoti la Chigawo linalola kuti zifukwa zina za Ledbetter, kuphatikizapo VII VII kulipira kusankhidwa kuti apitirize kuyesedwa. Koma Khoti la Chigawo linapereka chigamulo mwachidule pofuna kuthandiza Goodyear pazinthu zake zambiri, kuphatikizapo chiwerengero cha Equal Pay Act.
- November 1998: Ledbetter adachoka pampando ndipo adatsutsa chigamulo "kunena kuti, kuphatikizapo chisankho chogonana pakati pa VII VII ya Civil Rights Act ya 1964."
Lamulo linalamula Ledbetter madola 3.3 miliyoni, koma ndalamazo zinachepetsedwa kuti zikhale madola 300,000.
- November 2006 - May 2007: Goodyear anapempha Khoti Lalikulu la United States lomwe linasintha chigamulo cha khoti laling'ono kuti likhale labwino kwa Goodyear. Mu voti ya 5-4, adakonzedwa kuti Ledbetter analibe ufulu wopereka malipiro chifukwa adalemba pempho lake masiku oposa 180 atalandira ndalama zowonongeka. ( Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. , 550 US 618; R048; No. 05-1074; Anatsutsana 11/27/06; Anasankha 05/29/07.
- January 2009: Nkhondoyo idapitirirabe ndi misonkho yambiri yomwe ikudziwitsidwa kusintha lamulo. Pa January 29, 2009, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act ya 2009 inasindikizidwa kukhala Pulezidenti Barack Obama.
Ngati mukufuna kupanga chopereka cha chikumbutso kwa mwamuna wake, Charles, yemwe adatuluka mu December 2008, alankhule ndi First Baptist Church, PO Box 400, Jacksonville 36265.
Zotsatira:
(1) Birmingham News , January 23, 2009
(2) Birmingham News , January 28, 2009