Wal-Mart Class Action
Okay, so we're not big fans of Wal-Mart. No secret there. They're big, they put small businesses under, they pay rock-bottom wages, they cost taxpayer billions, they violate hundreds of labor laws every day, they rent their own buildings to themselves to cheat having to pay as much in taxes, and they are developing a giant robot to travel around the country demolishing all of their competitors (that last one is unconfirmed). They also discriminate based on gender, and now they're being called on it with the largest class action lawsuit in history.
On June 22nd, 2004 a judge certified a national class action lawsuit and now, according to the official website’s press release:
U.S. District Court Judge Martin Jenkins ruled that six current and former Wal-Mart employees from California may represent all female employees of Wal-Mart who worked at its U.S. stores anytime since December 26, 1998
The suit charges that Wal-Mart discriminates against its female retail employees in pay and promotions. The class in this case includes more than 1.6 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart retail stores in America, including Wal-Mart discount stores, super centers, neighborhood stores, and Sam's Clubs.
While we don't support frivolous lawsuits, this is hardly the case here. Wal-Mart is a corporation and corporations will only do what is best for their bottom line. If there is no threat of profit loss, women will continue to be overlooked, tax loopholes exploited, the environment destroyed, and that robot– ¦
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