Anahid Hojjati

Good to know. Thank You.

Good to know. Thank You. 

Albaloo, This poem is about Lilly LedBetter,

She worked for about twenty years for Goodyear company and she was a supervisor. After working for twenty years and when she only had two years to retire, Lilly found out that she was being paid $44,728 while one man was being paid (for the same job as Lilly) $59,028 and couple other men were also getting paid in high 50Ks. Lilly sued and her case went to supreme court.  Here is a link to the Huffingtonpost article which I read before writing this poem:

//www.huffingtonpost.com/lilly-ledbetter/equal-pay-women_b_1434626.html?ref=homepage

Round and Round is a reference to the fact that Goodyear makes tires for cars and buses.

This is a link to Wikipedia entry about her:

 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Ledbetter

which starts by noting:"

Lilly Ledbetter (born Lilly McDaniel April 1938)[1] was the plaintiff in the American employment discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. She has since become a women's equality activist... Women's equality

Goodyear paid her significantly less than her male counterparts. The lawsuit she filed against them eventually reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court denied her claim because she waited six years before filing suit from the time of discovery, thereby greatly exceeding the statute of limitations of 180 days. Subsequently, Congress passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to loosen the timeliness requirements for the filing of a discrimination suit so long as any act of discrimination continues within the 180 day period of limitations.[2][3].."

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I do not get it !

I do not get it ! Could you please explain it to me?