Dear MoveOn member,

THEY DID IT!!!! The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT) just won
their FOURTH World Cup title!! These incredible, hardworking, and talented
athletes are an incredible force and inspiration to us all.

But despite their success, women soccer players are still paid
significantly less than men—even though the U.S. men's team has never made
the same advances, or had the same success, as the women's team. The U.S.
men's team didn't even qualify for the last World Cup tournament.

[ [link removed] ]These women are high-performing athletes, and they should be
compensated fairly. Sign the petition demanding equal pay for the members
of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team.

Paying women less than men for doing the same job is wrong. In this case,
the women's team is outperforming the men's team. Demand that the United
States Soccer Federation pay players on the U.S. Women's National Soccer
Team the same amount as the men.

[2]Sign Shaunna's petition

"It certainly is not fair."^1 Those five simple words from co-captain
Megan Rapinoe sum up the problem, and we know the solution is equal pay
for these inspiring athletes.

The women's contract says they stand to make a grand total of $200,000
each for winning the World Cup, while men in a similar position would have
made over $1 million each.^2 We demand equal pay.

In addition to bringing home championships, the U.S. women's team is also
bringing in lots of revenue. The U.S. Women's National Team jersey is the
best-selling Nike soccer jersey EVER. And the women's team has brought in
more revenue than the men's team for the past three years.^3

Women soccer players are suing the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) for equal
pay, but court battles take a long time and a lot of money. USSF could fix
this right now, without the courts, by paying all of the players' salaries
and bonuses equally, regardless of gender. That would show little girls
everywhere that they deserve the same opportunities boys do.

Will you sign this petition telling U.S. Soccer to pay women fairly?

[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.

Thanks!

–Shaunna Thomas, UltraViolet

Sources:

1. "US World Cup win proves female players deserve equal pay, team says,"
CNN, July 7, 2019
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2. "Today is the Women’s World Cup final between the US and
Netherlands—here’s how much money is on the line," CNBC,  July 7, 2019
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3. Ibid.

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