or Obama, who promised as part of his campaign to publicly post non-emergency bills in consideration for review and commentary by the public for five days before signing. As Politifact, the organization running the “Obameter” keeping track of his campaign promises reports, he did not do this for the Ledbetter Act. Considering that I can’t even get both my computers connected to my wireless printer, I sympathize with the technical difficulties, but wouldn’t it have been smarter for them to get ahead of this with a quick press release rather than wait for it to catch up to them? Hate to think that this bill, which helps to restore equality among workers and is already being pigeonholed as a some kind of feminist (not humanist) legislation, will suffer another little blow, ultimately detracting from the good work being done here?
Monday, February 2, 2009
The Ledbetter Double Edge
Last week the news was rife with coverage of Obama’s signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Obama’s first bill which overturns legislation restricting an employee’s ability to file a pay discrimination lawsuit against their employer. Considered a bittersweet victory for women (essentially returning things to their pre-2007 state) it’s also a misstep for Obama, who promised as part of his campaign to publicly post non-emergency bills in consideration for review and commentary by the public for five days before signing. As Politifact, the organization running the “Obameter” keeping track of his campaign promises reports, he did not do this for the Ledbetter Act. Considering that I can’t even get both my computers connected to my wireless printer, I sympathize with the technical difficulties, but wouldn’t it have been smarter for them to get ahead of this with a quick press release rather than wait for it to catch up to them? Hate to think that this bill, which helps to restore equality among workers and is already being pigeonholed as a some kind of feminist (not humanist) legislation, will suffer another little blow, ultimately detracting from the good work being done here?
or Obama, who promised as part of his campaign to publicly post non-emergency bills in consideration for review and commentary by the public for five days before signing. As Politifact, the organization running the “Obameter” keeping track of his campaign promises reports, he did not do this for the Ledbetter Act. Considering that I can’t even get both my computers connected to my wireless printer, I sympathize with the technical difficulties, but wouldn’t it have been smarter for them to get ahead of this with a quick press release rather than wait for it to catch up to them? Hate to think that this bill, which helps to restore equality among workers and is already being pigeonholed as a some kind of feminist (not humanist) legislation, will suffer another little blow, ultimately detracting from the good work being done here?
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