Happy Family

Happy Family

In the 1970s a group of women who worked for a major corporation sued for equal pay and equal opportunity. It took them nearly ten years, but they won.

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December 12, 2018 8 mins

During the 1970s, a group of women workers at a major corporation sued for equal pay and equal opportunity.  Twenty-five years later a freelance writer wants to find how how they did it.

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After getting laid off from H.F. Inc., Erma talks to two other women, Josie and Ella Mae about what to do now.  Erma then searches for help in getting a job back at H.F. Inc.  She finally finds Tom Wald, a roving civil rights lawyer, who agrees to help.  He tells Erma that her best chance is to have all the other women who got laid off sue the company as well.

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January 9, 2019 9 mins

Erma convinces Josie and Ella Mae to help sue H.F. Inc. for equal pay and equal opportunity.  Erma and Wald face a hostile reporters. 

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January 23, 2019 6 mins

On behalf of H.F. Inc. Inman makes Erma an offer.  It looks like the judge in the women's suit is on their side.

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February 1, 2019 8 mins

The women suing H.F. Inc. get nothing but bad news.

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February 1, 2019 8 mins

Wald and Erma want to try a new way to win the suit against H.F. Inc. Ella Mae reluctantly goes along, but Josie is very unhappy.

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February 1, 2019 8 mins

Twenty-Five years after the suit against H.F.Inc. Erma looks back.  Was it worth it?

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