Lead Walmart Plantiff Still Loves The Store

[matcom]

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PITTSBURG, Calif. — Less than 24 hours after a federal judge ruled that 1.5 million women who have worked for Wal-Mart could pursue a class-action gender discrimination suit, the lead plaintiff in the case was back on the job here Wednesday nattily dressed, quick with a smile and talking about how much she likes the company she's suing.

All Betty Dukes wanted, the 10-year veteran of the company said, was "the opportunity to advance myself with Wal-Mart."

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Martin J. Jenkins in San Francisco ruled that the suit originally filed by Dukes and five other women could be expanded to virtually every woman who has worked at the world's largest company since late 1998. The suit alleges that Wal-Mart pays women less than men for performing the same job, passes over women to promote less-qualified men and retaliates against women who complain.

The judge's ruling set the stage for what could be the giant retailer's greatest test ever. The sheer number of plaintiffs means that a loss or even a settlement could cost the company billions of dollars.

http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-me-pittsburg24jun24.story

[GOPisEvil]

1. Oh, I'm sure they just LOVE her, too.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. what is it with people and their almost religious devotion to WalMart?

I don't get it.

Not at all.

[King Of Paperboys]

3. It's official:

Wally World is a CULT!

Run away! Run away!

[sus]

4. I'd love to see this crumble their empire. I'll rub a lamp...

:eyes:

[supernova]

5. Well, what else is she going to say?

If she gives up on her hopes of moving up, it makes the suit pointless.

[The Flaming Red Head]

6. Cultlike devotion

After doing inventories at numerous Walmarts the thing that amazes me the most is how they can sell so much crap and why people continue to buy the crap. Wall to wall shit, I mean nothing but junk and tons of it. UGH

Those poor employees and some of them will tell you that they had to work for years just to make 8 dollars an hour and they think it's good pay.

They must put something in the food in the breakrooms. I can't explain it.

[underpants]

7. With all that money do you realize how much CRAP you can buy?

and yes from what I have read they should get the money AND get things changed........but that is going to be a whole lot of crap they can buy.