Wal-Mart to Face Gender Bias Trial
According to Ms. Magazine online, Wal-Mart lost its federal appeal of a 2004 decision of gender discrimination.
Ms. Magazine states that "A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart, the world's largest private employer, will go to trial. The class, which is represented by six women plaintiffs who have worked or currently work at Wal-Mart, would include all women who have worked for Wal-Mart since December 21, 1998, for a total class of over 1.5 million women. This would be the largest sex discrimination lawsuit in the history of the United States."
The Feminist Majority website offers that, "the suit charges that on average, Wal-Mart pays women less than men in the same or similar positions, that women are passed up for promotions in favor of men with less experience, and that there is a pervasive sexist atmosphere in which managers hold staff meetings at Hooters and take trips to strip clubs with clients, according to the Los Angeles Times. Despite the fact that women make up two-thirds of Wal-Mart’s workforce, only one-third of managers are female, and the higher up in the ranks one looks, the less women one will find, according to the Impact Fund."
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