Alex Morgan Posts Iconic Photo With Daughter After Signing CBA Agreement for USWNT
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The athlete stamped the iconic moment with a heartfelt photo yesterday to memorialize the signing of the new CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement).
Alex Morgan stamped an iconic moment with a heartfelt photo yesterday, memorializing the new CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) that was struck between the Women’s (USWNTPA), Men’s (USNSTPA) National Team Unions and the United States Soccer Federation (USSF).
Morgan celebrated the feat by signing the agreement with her 2 years old daughter, Charlie on her lap.
“It’s one thing when you can raise your daughter around powerful women, but it’s another when you sign the equal pay CBA agreement with her on your hip💪🏼🤩,” she captioned the Instagram post.
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Although an agreement was reached back in February of 2022, the official signing of that agreement occurred on Sept. 7th, 2022 on the field in Washington D.C. after the USWNT won a friendly tournament 2-1 against Nigeria.
The journey to the landmark CBA did not come without a fight. In March 2020, U.S. Soccer President Carlos Cordeiro resigned after claiming that the job of a men’s national team player requires a higher level of skill and ability than the job of a women’s national team player. In February 2022, U.S. Soccer and the U.S. women’s national team agreed to settle a class-action equal pay lawsuit for $24 million. Morgan and fellow SI Swimsuit model Megan Rapinoe were among the first players to file and sign a wage and gender discrimation complaint against the U.S. Soccer league.
While the USWNTPA and USNSTPA both have separate CBA’s with the USSF, the deals are identical and run until 2028. The agreement features true equal pay between Men and Women, equal share of FIFA World Cup prize money, identical appearance fees and game bonuses, and identical commercial and ticket sharing frameworks.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh congratulated the paramount achievement saying the moment was "a message to the rest of the country that it's important we respect our workers, we respect our workers' rights, and everyone should be paid equally for doing the same job as a man."
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