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[quote=Anonymous][quote] The U.S. Soccer Federation took a major step regarding equal pay concerns for its men's and women's national teams.

The federation announced Tuesday that it's offering the respective players' unions for the men's and women's national teams the same contract proposals. The decision reflects an effort to align the two senior national teams under a single collective bargaining agreement structure — and pay structure.

In a statement Tuesday, U.S. Soccer said it "firmly believes that the best path forward for all involved, and for the future of the sport in the United States, is a single pay structure for both senior national teams."
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https://www.npr.org/2021/09/15/1037237343/u-s-soccer-offers-mens-womens-teams-identical-contracts

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[quote] The US Soccer Federation offered the women's and men's national teams identical contracts, a proposal that the United States Women's National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) called "PR stunts."

The sport's national governing body made the offer to both teams in an attempt to resolve an ongoing dispute with the US Women's national soccer team over equal pay.
"USSF's PR stunts and bargaining through the media will not bring us any closer to a fair agreement," the USWNTPA, which acts as a union for the players, said in a tweet on Wednesday.
"In contrast, we are committed to bargaining in good faith to achieve equal pay and the safest working conditions possible. The proposal that USSF made recently to us does neither," it added.
The federation responded to the USWNTPA's social media post soon after, tweeting, "An offer on paper of identical contracts to the USWNT and USMNT, and to discuss equalizing prize money, is real, authentic and in good faith. A publicity stunt is a 90-minute one-sided movie."[/quote]

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/16/football/uswnt-equal-pay-pr-stunts-spt-intl/index.html

I wonder if they will be able to come to an agreement?[/quote]

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