Mayor de Blasio's cheer of “U.S.A.! Equal Pay! U.S.A.! Equal Pay!” at the July 10 City Hall celebration of the United States Women’s soccer team’s World Cup championship brought a sharp rebuke from the FDNY Emergency Medical Service unions, which have alleged for years that they are the victims of gender- and race-based wage discrimination.
Following his ride on the champions’ float during the ticker-tape parade, the Mayor and Democratic Presidential aspirant rolled out his national blueprint for gender equality, in which he committed to passing a Federal law aimed at ending wage discrimination.
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