US Men's National Team players broke its silence on equal pay and gender discrimination, calling for the women's team to earn 'triple' the men's pay
"Yes, the Federation continues to discriminate against the women in their wages and working conditions," the USMNT players association wrote.The USMNT broke its silence on the USWNT's equal pay and gender discrimination lawsuit Wednesday., the men said US Soccer — both teams' governing body — "had no intention of compensating the women fairly" because it was "trying to protect their monopoly.
The players were "aware that a work stoppage could destroy the third effort at a women's professional soccer league in the United States" and completely eradicate both of their primary sources of income, and thus had "no reasonable alternative but to accept the 2017-2021 terms the Federation demanded."
"What we believe should happen is simple. Pay the women significantly more than our recently expired men's deal. In our estimation, the women were due at least triple what our expired deal was worth in player compensation. We believe the Federation should have agreed to a deal directly tied to a fair share of the revenue players generate. That is what should have happened, based on the entire history of labor negotiations involving the men and women players and the Federation.
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