Equal Pay for Women. Still not Equal.
The Bill Press Pod
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Bill Press Pod, Bill Press speaks with Gwen Young, the CEO of the Women Business Collaborative, about the significance of Lilly Ledbetter's fight for equal pay and the subsequent legislation that followed. They discuss the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, its impact on raising awareness about pay equity, and how companies and states have responded to the legislation. They also explore the broader issues of gender equity in various fields, including technology, STEM, and the military. The conversation extends to the importance of women in leadership roles and the barriers that still exist for women, especially women of color. Gwen Young emphasizes the collaborative efforts required to achieve equal position, pay, and power for women in the business world.
Bill highlights the Gwen Young's work at the Women Business Collaborative. More information at WBCollaborative.org
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings, good friends, and welcome back to this latest edition of the Bill Press Pod. |
| 0:12.4 | Okay, she has the same skills. |
| 0:14.8 | She has the same amount of experience. |
| 0:17.4 | She's doing the same job as a man alongside of her. |
| 0:24.2 | But because she is a woman, she's making less money than he is. Yeah, that's the problem of pay equity or pay inequity. You might think it was |
| 0:31.6 | solved a long time ago when President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act, but believe it or not, |
| 0:36.6 | even though we made a lot of progress, |
| 0:38.6 | that problem, that inequality, still exists in most companies today. But now Hollywood is shining a |
| 0:45.8 | new light on this issue. It comes in a terrific just-release feature film called Lily, starring Patricia |
| 0:52.2 | Clarkson, which tells the story of how determined Lily |
| 0:56.0 | Ledbetter took her battle for equal pay for equal work, all the way to the Supreme Court, |
| 1:02.4 | to the Congress, and to the White House, and won. |
| 1:06.9 | So we thought today would be a good time to examine how women are faring today on the factory |
| 1:12.3 | floor, in the office, in the boardroom, and in the executive suites. |
| 1:17.6 | Hello, Gwen, good to talk to you again, and welcome to the Bill Press pod. |
| 1:21.9 | Wonderful. It's great to be here, Bill. |
| 1:23.4 | Gwen, you and I met a week or so ago at one of my favorite restaurants in Washington, |
| 1:29.6 | E. Riki, where Christian Riki, the owner and chef, hosted a wonderful luncheon |
| 1:35.8 | celebrating the publication of the release, if you will, of the special film called Lily, |
| 1:43.2 | starring Patricia Clarkson, directed by the great Rachel |
| 1:46.0 | Feldman, and it's all about the story of Lily Ledbetter, the legendary Lily Ledbetter. |
| 1:52.4 | Gwen, you worked with her, so maybe all of our listeners, let's just start right there. |
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