The organization believed there was no bargaining agreement in place and that the MOU was terminable at will. Additionally, it also refused to agree that it would not engage in a strike or other job action prior to December 2016. In April 2017, the labor impasse between the Association and U.S Soccer was over. The two sides announced that they have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement that goes through 2021. The agreement carries through the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France and the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. This new CBA includes: "a commitment from the U.S Soccer to pay the NWSL salaries for allocated players; a return commitment by the players to compete in the NWSL; a requirement for the improvement of NWSL standards; and the ability of the Women's National Team Players Association to control group likeness rights for licensing a non-exclusive rights in sponsorship categories where U.S Soccer does not have a sponsor." Lawsuits In 2016, the union was in a dispute with the soccer league over the end date of the collective bargaining agreement. On March 31, 2016, five members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team filed a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging wage discrimination as women soccer players earn less money than players on the men's team. The complaint was filed by Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Alex Morgan, who argued that the men earned more money for no other reason than being male. The filing cited figures from the USSF's 2015 financial report, which stated that despite the women's team generating nearly $20 million more revenue that year than the men's team, the women were paid about a quarter of what men earn. On March 8, 2019, another gender discrimination lawsuit was filed by all 28 members of the women's national team. The filing came just three months before the team begins its title defense at the upcoming 2019 World Cup. The lawsuit was filed under the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The women players argued that the "USSF discriminates against Plaintiffs, and the class that they seek to represent, by paying them less than members of the Men's National Team (MNT) for substantially equal work and by denying them at least equal playing, training, and travel conditions; equal promotion