Class-Action Discrimination Case Against Wal-Mart

The following is an excerpt from an Associated Press article published June 22.

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Judge approves class-action discrimination case against Wal-Mart

By David Kravets, Associated Press, 6/22/2004 11:31

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A federal judge on Tuesday approved class-action status for a sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that has become the largest private civil rights case in U.S. history.

It could represent as many as 1.6 million current and former female employees of the retailing giant.

The suit alleges Wal-Mart created a system that frequently pays its female workers less than their male counterparts for comparable jobs and bypasses women for key promotions.

Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer, sought to limit the scope of the lawsuit that was filed three years ago.