Batgirl c. 1973 Discussing ‘Equal Pay For Equal Work’

This week marked the fifth anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, an update to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which “made it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of sex when determining pay for employees doing the same work” and expanded workers’ rights to sue when unfairly discriminated against in the workplace.

The National Archives resurfaced this video from 1973 in which Batgirl explains the concept of “equal pay for equal work.” Would the U.S. Department of Labor air a video like that today?

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