U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Joins Forces With Time’s Up for Equal Pay Fight

On the heels of its World Cup victory, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team is joining forces with Time’s Up to fight workplace pay inequity for women. Over the course of 18 months, the two organizations are looking to begin a fundraising campaign to support three primary goals: creating cultural moments to move public opinion, coaching companies to pay and treat their employees equally, and advocating for federal and state policies that are against discrimination, according to Time’s Up’s chief policy and strategy officer Jen Klein. Conversations surrounding forming a partnership first began around April, after a few Time’s Up members — including Jessica Chastain, Natalie Portman, Uzo Aduba, Jennifer Garner, and Eva Longoria — wore jerseys at a USWNT game in solidarity with the team’s ongoing gender-discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. Around that time, according to Klein, members of the national team’s Players’ Association approached Time’s Up to inquire about partnering around the fight for pay equity across several different industries — not just in sports and entertainment. Also Read: U.S. Women's Soccer Wins Second Straight World Cup “Particularly once they won the World Cup, [the players] wanted to make this fight for equal pay not only...