As a highlight of Chabot College’s celebration of Women’s History Month, fair pay activist Lilly Ledbetter will speak at 12-1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in the Reed L. Buffington Visual and Performing Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public; donations are welcomed. Parking permit is $2.
"We are delighted to bring Lilly Ledbetter to campus for the education and enrichment of our students and the greater East Bay/Tri-Valley community," said Chabot College U.S. Women’s History Instructor Jane Wolford. "As President Obama said at the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act signing ceremony, equal pay is by no means just a women’s issue - it’s a family issue."
In January 2009, newly-inaugurated President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act while Ledbetter and several other dignitaries witnessed the historic event. This was the first major piece of legislation signed by our new president.
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Ledbetter sued her employer, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, for pay discrimination when she discovered that she had been earning considerably less than her male colleagues. She won in the lower courts but the U. S. Supreme Court reversed the decision.
Following her presentation at Chabot College, Ledbetter will be signing copies of her new book, "Grace and Grit: My Fight for Equal Pay at Goodyear and Beyond;" books will be available for purchase. The event is sponsored by Dr. Jennifer Ong; the Chabot College Associated Students, Inter-Club Council and Office of the President; and the Las Positas College Campus Change Network.
