US women’s national team to appeal pay claims after working conditions settlement | Malay Mail

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NEW YORK, 13 April — The US women’s national team can proceed with their appeal over claims for equal pay after a judge on Monday approved a settlement between the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and the players over working conditions. The women’s team sued their governing body in...

Tuesday, 13 Apr 2021 05:23 AM MYT

The women’s team sued their governing body in 2019, alleging gender discrimination in compensation and nearly every other aspect of playing conditions and months later picked up their fourth World Cup as fans chanted “equal pay” during the final. Molly Levinson, a spokeswoman for the players, said they plan to appeal Klausner’s ruling on equal pay after the judge granted final approval to the settlement on working conditions, which includes travel and playing conditions.

In a statement, the USSF, known as US Soccer, said the women’s team had declined to meet unless the federation “agrees to make up the difference” in prize money handed out by soccer world governing body Fifa at the men’s and women’s World Cup.

 

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