First modification:
US Soccer, the football regulatory body of the American Union, reached an agreement with a group of players who sued this body for a discriminatory policy on their payments. The agreement includes a retroactive amount of 24 million dollars.
An agreement to balance salary conditions in the elite of women’s football. A group of 28 players from the United States National Team carried out a historic settlement to equal pay with their male peers after six years of allegations of pay discrimination.
The American Federation of Soccer, US Soccer, for its name in English, announced in a joint statement with the plaintiffs that they commit, from now on, to apply equal pay between the men’s and women’s national teams.
“US Soccer has committed to offering the same remuneration to the men’s and women’s national teams in all friendlies and tournaments, including the World Cup,” the text says.
In the absence of its legal ratification, the pact ends years of litigation between the 28 soccer players and the federation.
sheltered in the Equal Pay Lawwhich prohibits pay discrimination based on sex, first filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016.
In 2019, the case took a turn when these players directly denounced US Soccer for what they considered an institutionalized gender discriminatory policy that included inequitable compensation between men’s and women’s teams.
That lawsuit received a serious blow in May 2020 when a California District court dismissed the issue of equal pay that the soccer players were asking for and only recognized their request to equalize working conditions.
“It’s a monumental step forward”
Pending an appeal that appeared to be the last chance to keep her lawsuit alive, this agreement represents “a big step,” said Cindy Parlow, president of US Soccer and former player of the National Team.
The athlete had anticipated in September that she was seeking to “harmonize” the World Cup bonuses.
“It’s a monumental step forward that makes us feel valued, respected and repairs our relationship with US Soccer,” said the forward. Alex Morganone of the stars of this team along with Megan Rapinoe, winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2019.
“For our generation, knowing that we are going to leave this sport in an exponentially better place than we found it is everything,” Rapinoe said.
Morgan and Rapinoe are part of the pillar of soccer players who between 2015 and 2019 won two World Cups in a row. For them and their 26 companions, the agreement includes a compensation of 24 million dollars as a retroactive collection. The players had asked for 66 million.
The figures of wage inequality in football
Between 2015 and 2019, the period that includes the start of the litigation, the United States Women’s Soccer Team played 111 games and won two World Cups.
His compensation was 24.4 million dollars, compared to 18.5 for the men’s team, which played 87 games and did not qualify for the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
In 2014, the men’s team earned $4.5 million for reaching the round of 16 at the World Cup in Brazil.
With the new agreement there will then be a modification in the method of distribution of the bonuses. Until now, US Soccer based these bonuses on FIFA awards. In 2018, for the Men’s World Cup, football’s top body handed out $38 million in prize money for France, the champion.
That amount was four million dollars for the United States, champion of the Women’s World Cup in France in 2019.
The two parties must now ratify this agreement as part of the new collective agreement between the federation and the union of the Women’s National Team. The current arrangement expires on March 31 and finally the federal justice must ratify the definitive contract.
With AP, AFP and Reuters.
First modification:
US Soccer, the football regulatory body of the American Union, reached an agreement with a group of players who sued this body for a discriminatory policy on their payments. The agreement includes a retroactive amount of 24 million dollars.
An agreement to balance salary conditions in the elite of women’s football. A group of 28 players from the United States National Team carried out a historic settlement to equal pay with their male peers after six years of allegations of pay discrimination.
The American Federation of Soccer, US Soccer, for its name in English, announced in a joint statement with the plaintiffs that they commit, from now on, to apply equal pay between the men’s and women’s national teams.
“US Soccer has committed to offering the same remuneration to the men’s and women’s national teams in all friendlies and tournaments, including the World Cup,” the text says.
In the absence of its legal ratification, the pact ends years of litigation between the 28 soccer players and the federation.
sheltered in the Equal Pay Lawwhich prohibits pay discrimination based on sex, first filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016.
In 2019, the case took a turn when these players directly denounced US Soccer for what they considered an institutionalized gender discriminatory policy that included inequitable compensation between men’s and women’s teams.
That lawsuit received a serious blow in May 2020 when a California District court dismissed the issue of equal pay that the soccer players were asking for and only recognized their request to equalize working conditions.
“It’s a monumental step forward”
Pending an appeal that appeared to be the last chance to keep her lawsuit alive, this agreement represents “a big step,” said Cindy Parlow, president of US Soccer and former player of the National Team.
The athlete had anticipated in September that she was seeking to “harmonize” the World Cup bonuses.
“It’s a monumental step forward that makes us feel valued, respected and repairs our relationship with US Soccer,” said the forward. Alex Morganone of the stars of this team along with Megan Rapinoe, winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2019.
“For our generation, knowing that we are going to leave this sport in an exponentially better place than we found it is everything,” Rapinoe said.
Morgan and Rapinoe are part of the pillar of soccer players who between 2015 and 2019 won two World Cups in a row. For them and their 26 companions, the agreement includes a compensation of 24 million dollars as a retroactive collection. The players had asked for 66 million.
The figures of wage inequality in football
Between 2015 and 2019, the period that includes the start of the litigation, the United States Women’s Soccer Team played 111 games and won two World Cups.
His compensation was 24.4 million dollars, compared to 18.5 for the men’s team, which played 87 games and did not qualify for the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
In 2014, the men’s team earned $4.5 million for reaching the round of 16 at the World Cup in Brazil.
With the new agreement there will then be a modification in the method of distribution of the bonuses. Until now, US Soccer based these bonuses on FIFA awards. In 2018, for the Men’s World Cup, football’s top body handed out $38 million in prize money for France, the champion.
That amount was four million dollars for the United States, champion of the Women’s World Cup in France in 2019.
The two parties must now ratify this agreement as part of the new collective agreement between the federation and the union of the Women’s National Team. The current arrangement expires on March 31 and finally the federal justice must ratify the definitive contract.
With AP, AFP and Reuters.
First modification:
US Soccer, the football regulatory body of the American Union, reached an agreement with a group of players who sued this body for a discriminatory policy on their payments. The agreement includes a retroactive amount of 24 million dollars.
An agreement to balance salary conditions in the elite of women’s football. A group of 28 players from the United States National Team carried out a historic settlement to equal pay with their male peers after six years of allegations of pay discrimination.
The American Federation of Soccer, US Soccer, for its name in English, announced in a joint statement with the plaintiffs that they commit, from now on, to apply equal pay between the men’s and women’s national teams.
“US Soccer has committed to offering the same remuneration to the men’s and women’s national teams in all friendlies and tournaments, including the World Cup,” the text says.
In the absence of its legal ratification, the pact ends years of litigation between the 28 soccer players and the federation.
sheltered in the Equal Pay Lawwhich prohibits pay discrimination based on sex, first filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016.
In 2019, the case took a turn when these players directly denounced US Soccer for what they considered an institutionalized gender discriminatory policy that included inequitable compensation between men’s and women’s teams.
That lawsuit received a serious blow in May 2020 when a California District court dismissed the issue of equal pay that the soccer players were asking for and only recognized their request to equalize working conditions.
“It’s a monumental step forward”
Pending an appeal that appeared to be the last chance to keep her lawsuit alive, this agreement represents “a big step,” said Cindy Parlow, president of US Soccer and former player of the National Team.
The athlete had anticipated in September that she was seeking to “harmonize” the World Cup bonuses.
“It’s a monumental step forward that makes us feel valued, respected and repairs our relationship with US Soccer,” said the forward. Alex Morganone of the stars of this team along with Megan Rapinoe, winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2019.
“For our generation, knowing that we are going to leave this sport in an exponentially better place than we found it is everything,” Rapinoe said.
Morgan and Rapinoe are part of the pillar of soccer players who between 2015 and 2019 won two World Cups in a row. For them and their 26 companions, the agreement includes a compensation of 24 million dollars as a retroactive collection. The players had asked for 66 million.
The figures of wage inequality in football
Between 2015 and 2019, the period that includes the start of the litigation, the United States Women’s Soccer Team played 111 games and won two World Cups.
His compensation was 24.4 million dollars, compared to 18.5 for the men’s team, which played 87 games and did not qualify for the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
In 2014, the men’s team earned $4.5 million for reaching the round of 16 at the World Cup in Brazil.
With the new agreement there will then be a modification in the method of distribution of the bonuses. Until now, US Soccer based these bonuses on FIFA awards. In 2018, for the Men’s World Cup, football’s top body handed out $38 million in prize money for France, the champion.
That amount was four million dollars for the United States, champion of the Women’s World Cup in France in 2019.
The two parties must now ratify this agreement as part of the new collective agreement between the federation and the union of the Women’s National Team. The current arrangement expires on March 31 and finally the federal justice must ratify the definitive contract.
With AP, AFP and Reuters.
First modification:
US Soccer, the football regulatory body of the American Union, reached an agreement with a group of players who sued this body for a discriminatory policy on their payments. The agreement includes a retroactive amount of 24 million dollars.
An agreement to balance salary conditions in the elite of women’s football. A group of 28 players from the United States National Team carried out a historic settlement to equal pay with their male peers after six years of allegations of pay discrimination.
The American Federation of Soccer, US Soccer, for its name in English, announced in a joint statement with the plaintiffs that they commit, from now on, to apply equal pay between the men’s and women’s national teams.
“US Soccer has committed to offering the same remuneration to the men’s and women’s national teams in all friendlies and tournaments, including the World Cup,” the text says.
In the absence of its legal ratification, the pact ends years of litigation between the 28 soccer players and the federation.
sheltered in the Equal Pay Lawwhich prohibits pay discrimination based on sex, first filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016.
In 2019, the case took a turn when these players directly denounced US Soccer for what they considered an institutionalized gender discriminatory policy that included inequitable compensation between men’s and women’s teams.
That lawsuit received a serious blow in May 2020 when a California District court dismissed the issue of equal pay that the soccer players were asking for and only recognized their request to equalize working conditions.
“It’s a monumental step forward”
Pending an appeal that appeared to be the last chance to keep her lawsuit alive, this agreement represents “a big step,” said Cindy Parlow, president of US Soccer and former player of the National Team.
The athlete had anticipated in September that she was seeking to “harmonize” the World Cup bonuses.
“It’s a monumental step forward that makes us feel valued, respected and repairs our relationship with US Soccer,” said the forward. Alex Morganone of the stars of this team along with Megan Rapinoe, winner of the FIFA Ballon d’Or in 2019.
“For our generation, knowing that we are going to leave this sport in an exponentially better place than we found it is everything,” Rapinoe said.
Morgan and Rapinoe are part of the pillar of soccer players who between 2015 and 2019 won two World Cups in a row. For them and their 26 companions, the agreement includes a compensation of 24 million dollars as a retroactive collection. The players had asked for 66 million.
The figures of wage inequality in football
Between 2015 and 2019, the period that includes the start of the litigation, the United States Women’s Soccer Team played 111 games and won two World Cups.
His compensation was 24.4 million dollars, compared to 18.5 for the men’s team, which played 87 games and did not qualify for the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
In 2014, the men’s team earned $4.5 million for reaching the round of 16 at the World Cup in Brazil.
With the new agreement there will then be a modification in the method of distribution of the bonuses. Until now, US Soccer based these bonuses on FIFA awards. In 2018, for the Men’s World Cup, football’s top body handed out $38 million in prize money for France, the champion.
That amount was four million dollars for the United States, champion of the Women’s World Cup in France in 2019.
The two parties must now ratify this agreement as part of the new collective agreement between the federation and the union of the Women’s National Team. The current arrangement expires on March 31 and finally the federal justice must ratify the definitive contract.
With AP, AFP and Reuters.