'I just signed new pay equity legislation at the USWNTParade,' New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tweeted
"I just signed new pay equity legislation at the #USWNTParade," Cuomo tweeted, along with a picture from the parade that followed the team's fourth World Cup title."The women's soccer team plays the same game that the men's soccer players play -- only better. If anything, the men should get paid less. Thank you @USWNT for helping lead this movement for change!"#BREAKING: I just signed new pay equity legislation at the #USWNTParade.
The women's soccer team plays the same game that the men's soccer players play — only better. If anything, the men should get paid less.— Andrew Cuomo July 10, 2019 Cuomo's bill signing comes in the midst of the team's longstanding battle for equal pay. In March, 28 members of the USWNT sued the US Soccer Federation for allegedly discriminating against the women by paying them less than members of the men's national team"for substantially equal work.
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