Judge Certifies Wal-Mart Sex Bias Suit

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Tue Jun-22-04 01:01 PM
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Judge Certifies Wal-Mart Sex Bias Suit

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal judge conferred class-action status on a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc., charging the world's biggest retailer discriminated against women in pay, promotions and training can proceed as a class action.

Attorneys for the six lead plaintiffs said it was the largest civil rights class action case in U.S. history.

U.S. District Court Judge Martin Jenkins in San Francisco certified the class of some 1.6 million women who worked for Wal-Mart's U.S. stores at any time since December 26, 1998.

The lawsuit, filed in 2001, accuses the largest U.S. private-sector employer of discriminating against women employees and retaliating against those who complained.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=568&ncid=749&e=1&u=/nm/20040622/bs_nm/retail_walmart_discrimination_dc

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Tue Jun-22-04 01:10 PM
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1. Blam!

It was just a matter of time though. :)

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Tue Jun-22-04 01:11 PM
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2. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x638043

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