Walmart Faces Long Battle On Sex Discrimination, Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Sex discrimination is alive and well at Walmart, say lawyers who have interviewed thousands of female employees in the years since Betty Dukes and a h...
Sex discrimination is alive and well at Walmart, say lawyers who have interviewed thousands of female employees in the years since Betty Dukes and a h...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 09.10.2011
The ink may have barely dried on the U.S. Supreme Court's historic decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, but the controversial case is already helping to giv...
Helgi C. Walker | Posted 08.30.2011
The proposed class in Wal-Mart was "one of the most expansive class actions ever." It was composed of 1.5 million women -- every woman who had ever worked at any Wal-Mart store in the entire country within the last 13 years.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.20.2011
As the Supreme Court on Monday derailed claims of gender discrimination by scores of women workers at Walmart stores, the American labor movement abso...
Debbie Hines | Posted 06.12.2011
With women making up roughly 46% of the US working population, it's a wonder why women earn less. We have come a long way, but still have got a long way to go to equal a man's paycheck.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.29.2011
Walmart Stores, the ...
Nan Aron | Posted 05.28.2011
The most important case before the Supreme Court right now is Wal-Mart V. Dukes. At stake is the ability of women harmed by unfair corporate policies to band together as a class and fight a unified battle in court.
Fatima Goss Graves | Posted 05.25.2011
No matter how available wage data is sliced and diced, a single truth remains: a wage gap exists between male and female workers, and an upcoming Supreme Court case could seriously widen it further.
Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011
What would you do if you learned that two weeks from now a man repeatedly accused of aggressive sexual misconduct may decide whether women have the power to confront people who discriminate against them?
Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011
With Wal-Mart v. Dukes the Court will soon hear arguments in one of the most important civil rights cases in the country's history. Their decision will pave the way for further progress or stop it dead in its tracks.
HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.25.2012