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Ledbetter: Equal pay for equal work is an American value

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    Women's equality leader addresses the DNC

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Thank you yeah.

Is Lilly Leadbetter and I'm here to not to sign a lot of difference glory years night.

Yeah I.

My story.

Help or not teen years I worked as a manager at a tire plant in Alabama.

And song that he may have Leo does similar story.

I after nearly two decades of hard proud work I found out that I was making significantly.

Layouts money.

Then the -- and who were doing and assign work.

As Nate Allen home talk to my husband and we decided to -- We decided to apply for our family and for your family -- But because they thought hey march -- -- work is don't know miracle and bag -- That's I don't know 810 years.

It taught me all the way of the -- -- And it helped drive -- decision.

Nice to although side of those who shortchanged not paying.

-- I'll overtime.

And my retirement.

Just -- -- I'm a woman.

Does Supreme Court told me that I should have Soledad -- polite within six months the company's.

First decision to -- -- lands.

-- -- Though I didn't know about it -- nearly two decades.

An employee had an elected president Barack Obama does supreme -- Rome hitting -- donation.

Would have a handle all of the land.

And that -- Taliban that AM -- non story.

Not -- -- have -- Obama owner Saad -- dollar allowance that Florida Supreme Court what do you want.

-- -- -- -- Obama son named -- was the Lilly Ledbetter prayer day.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Mean he's making -- it worse part everybody.

Strange typical -- sailing and -- -- his -- So -- players never whale.

The cause of -- later -- women good place to play discrimination.

Block god they had.

Now can get a their day in corn.

That was a first I don't but -- -- NATO -- -- calls women still earn just 77 slams -- every dollar.

-- -- -- Those -- news and up to real money.

Israel money for the little things like being able to take your kids to the navy's and for the big things like send and they don't at college.

It's playing your rant there's not and the mortgage in the future.

It's having anxieties for the bail you didn't expand and savings by -- dignified retirement.

You have earned.

92 point 83 sands doesn't sound like a lot to some on what -- Swiss bank account.

I'm -- I had.

Okay.

But.

You know.

-- -- -- -- -- When worried alleged what -- -- Graceland.

Every hour.

Every decade every paycheck every job already and -- -- Wait a -- news just.

Cannot they measured in dollars.

Three years ago -- the -- nice that paycheck fairness back to level the playing -- for women in America.

The senate.

Republicans blocked it.

Mitt Romney won't even say if they supports it President Obama had done this in the AM I didn't get a -- of money.

I was shortchanged.

But there's not became bigger than Lilly Ledbetter.

Today it's about my daughter.

It's about my granddaughter.

It's all about women and man.

-- It's bigger than name.

It's a -- is not a view.

Which began as my -- is now our night.

-- -- are they fundamental.

American -- that night our country great and with president Barack Obama.

We're -- -- to win.

Thank you very much and yeah.

Okay.

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