Published 3 years ago

Men's US soccer team backs women's in equal pay dispute

Summary by Ground News

Amicus briefs filed on Friday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are lending noteworthy support to the USWNT's case. One of the briefs filed came from the U.S. National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA), which represents players for the USMNT. In it, the men's team players argue that the USwNT players don't just deserve equal pay, but more pay than the men.

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Yahoo News

USMNT players union says USWNT deserves to be paid more than men's team

The USWNT filed an appeal to reverse a decision that dismissed its equal pay lawsuit.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Hindu

U.S. men's team backs women in equal pay lawsuit appeal

Players for the U.S. men's national team say in an amicus brief that their counterparts on the women's squad not only deserve equal pay but are entitled to more compensation than the men.

3 years ago·India

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The Independent

Men’s soccer team backs women’s lawsuit for equal pay

‘For more than 30 years, the Federation has treated the Women’s National Team players as second-class citizens,’ the US men’s soccer team wrote in a court filing

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

U.S. men's soccer team backs women in equal pay fight

The union representing the U.S. men's soccer team on Friday told a U.S. appeals court that female players have for decades been treated as "second-class citizens," and called for the revival of an equal pay lawsuit by the elite women's team.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

U.S. men’s soccer team backs women in equal-pay fight, saying USWNT should have been paid more

In a blistering brief filed Friday, the men’s team claimed US Soccer had underpaid and discriminated against its women’s national team players for decades.

3 years ago

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