by admin | Jan 27, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
For the first time in her career, Rebekah Gardner is dealing with having no break between her professional seasons. The 32-year-old wing spent last winter playing for Spar Girona in Spain before turning a training camp invitation from the Chicago Sky into her first...
by admin | Jan 18, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The Football Association of Wales has announced that an equal pay agreement has been reached for the Welsh men’s and women’s national teams. The agreement will cover the period up to and including the 2026 Men’s World Cup and 2027 Women’s World...
by admin | Dec 28, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With Brittney Griner now safely back home for the holidays, the conversation has shifted. In an interview with TMZ, ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson was not asked about her captivity in Russia—but rather why she was there in the first place. Like many WNBA players,...
by admin | Dec 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Forbes announced the world’s highest-paid female athletes in 2022 on Thursday and tennis star Naomi Osaka snagged the No. 1 spot. The 25 women mentioned in Forbes’ list accumulated an estimated $285 million this year, before agents’ fees and taxes. Of the 25 spots...
by admin | Dec 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The House has passed a bill that ensures equal compensation for US women competing in international events, a piece of legislation that came out of the US women’s soccer team’s long battle to be paid as much as the men. The Equal Pay for Team USA Act, passed late...
by admin | Dec 14, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The 2022 World Cup represented a step forward for both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s National Soccer Teams. While the men returned to the global tournament after missing it in 2018, the women’s team saw big returns on an equal pay settlement agreed to in February with...
by admin | Dec 13, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The WNBA is working on a way to keep players working in the U.S. Since before the league began in 1997, players have been going overseas, first to play and then to complement their salaries — the WNBA minimum is $62,285. “We’ve been chipping away at the economic model...
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
I felt a rush of emotions last week when a Bleacher Report TikTok post featured National Soccer Hall of Famer Abby Wambach speaking directly to my 9-year-old daughter Addison at the Inaugural USWNT Players Ball. The video went viral with over 1 million viewsin just 48...
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
USA’s World Cup win over Iran on Tuesday paid dividends for both the men’s and women’s national teams. The US men are guaranteed $13m in prize money for reaching the last 16 in Qatar. That will be shared equally between the men’s and women’s teams under the equal pay...
by admin | Nov 16, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national team will continue to celebrate its historic collective bargaining agreement, which closed the pay gap with the the men’s national team, with a Players’ Ball set to be hosted by the USWNT Players Association on Monday in New York City. Much...
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