: Football: USA women's team wins landmark million settlement in equal pay dispute #IndiaNEWS The US national women’s team has won a million payout and a promise of equal pay going forward

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Football: USA women's team wins landmark million settlement in equal pay dispute #IndiaNEWS
The US national women’s team has won a million payout and a promise of equal pay going forward in a landmark settlement with US Soccer, the two sides announced on Tuesday in a joint statement.“US Soccer has committed to providing an equal rate of pay going forward for the Women’s and Men’s National Teams in all friendlies and tournaments, including the World Cup,� the terms of the deal, sent to AFP, said.The question of World Cup prize money had formed a prominent part of the lawsuit filed by the US women’s football team in 2019, which accused the federation of “stubbornly refusing� to pay its men and women’s players equally.“I think we’re going look back on this day and say this is the moment that, you know, US Soccer changed for the better,� star player Megan Rapinoe said in an interview with ABC after the deal was announced.“Obviously we can’t go back and undo the injustices that we faced but ... we know that something like this is never gonna happen again,� she continued, adding she hopes that they can now “move forward� with “setting up the next generation so much better than we ever had it. So it’s a great day.�Her teammate Alex...Read more

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