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The first bill signed into law by President Obama is about fair pay.

Pay equity has been an issue for decades – and it became even more important as women became a key part of the workforce.

By this point, most of us have heard of  Lilly Ledbetter who worked at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama and found out that her male colleagues were much higher on the pay scale – yet she was doing the same work they were.

This is important legislation for women and children.  It also impacts our country, culture and communities in a positive way.  I hope many job seekers receive benefit from it.

Now equal pay for equal work is the law of the land.  Here’s the story.

Gail Collins has a great column on it here.