This June 10th, the ACLU will join organizations and individuals across the country to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, a landmark law that required equal ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage ...

In 2010, the ACLU pushed for the Paycheck Fairness Act to get passed, writing in a statement that it was a much-needed enhancement of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which has largely been unenforced. In ...

FILE - Lilly Ledbetter looks to the audience as President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 8, 2014, during an event marking Equal Pay Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Houston ISD on Tuesday, claiming the school system allegedly paid lower wages to female employees than ...

NEW YORK — Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died ...