Posted on 03/29/2011 10:07:04 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears
A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a massive class action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers can go to trial.
In its 6-5 ruling, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said the world's largest private employer will have to face charges that it pays women less than men for the same jobs and that female employees receive fewer promotions and have to wait longer for those promotions than male counterparts.
The retailer has fiercely fought the lawsuit since it was first filed by six women in federal court in San Francisco in 2001 and said it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling "opens up every company in America that has employees to class actions like this," said Theodore Boutrous, the company's lead lawyer on the largest gender bias class action in U.S. history.
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This action is complete BS. How can the experiences of just THREE women be completely and totally representative of more than one million women employed by Wal-Mart?
Get out that BS Meter, meter-keeper!
The lawyers will be dancing around their cauldrons tonight.
What do you want to bet that the UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers) Union is financing the lawsuit?
Look for hiring freezes and an end to Wal-Mart hiring people with no experience if these feminist vultures have their way. That means high school and single-mom girls will be excluded from job offers.
That’s what I’m thinking. This move is UNION backed.
If the 9th split 6-5, SCOTUS will probably overturn 8-1.
Close. Shut down operations and lock the doors.
Then thank the unions for it. If anyone is going to be pissed off about it it will be the Chinese.
If the 9th split 6-5, SCOTUS will probably overturn 8-1.
The smart Latino will dissent.
I think the Supremes reverse 5-4, although Kennedy scares me.
Why is it dated April 26th, 2011?
Am I logged in?
Wait, this article is from 2010. The case is now before the US Supreme Court.
Go to the UFCW Web Site. They have had a campaign against Wal Mart as far back as I can remember. They will use everything they can do against the retailer. They try to organize stores and almost always lose. I believe they were successful in one case and Wal Mart closed the store.
I hope they bring in a TON of other employees who say otherwise, and then counter-sue for $$billions
I know a woman who works there who went right to the top in no time (she was obviously upper-management material right from the start)
The lawyers will walk out with a third of the settlement. The plaintiffs will get a check for $500 if they’re lucky.
This reminds me of bystanders jumping on the bus AFTER it was involved in an accident, but BEFORE the cops arrive.
No kidding, I am truly sick to death of these leeches. Walmart is a great place to shop, prices are fantastic, I sure can get more bang for my buck there then I can from just about any other place.
Don’t like your job and place of employment? Stop whining and find another one...That’s what big girls do.
Class action lawsuits are probably unconstitutional because the principle is that every case needs to rise or fall on the evidence of the individual plaintiff. It’s impossible to rule when there are essentially over a million plaintiffs, each with different evidence and experiences.
Maybe we’ll get lucky and this will go to the SCOTUS and class action lawsuits will be killed forever.
I’m a woman and when I read stories like this I immediately think of my own career choices and experiences: did these women ask for “family friendly hours” or even a family friendly career track? (I did, went part time for a decade to be with my children more, and paid the price professionally, but it was completely worth it.)
There is a price to be paid for family friendliness. . .
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