Judge certifies huge Wal-Mart class action

From the AP via the Houston Chronicle:

In addition, the judge said, the plaintiffs presented sufficient anecdotal evidence to warrant a class-action trial.

Jenkins decided that the "plaintiffs present largely uncontested descriptive statistics which show that women working at Wal-Mart stores are paid less than men in every region, that pay disparities exist in most job categories, that the salary gap widens over time, that women take longer to enter management positions, and that the higher one looks in the organization the lower the percentage of women."

Wal-Mart contends the suit ignores the thousands of women who earn more than their male counterparts and doesn't consider factors that may make one job worth more pay than another.

The case already has generated 1.25 million pages of evidence and 200 sworn depositions.

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Wal-Mart sucks for many, many reasons--just check out the Real Art archives for the numerous and various posts I've made about the mega-store's suckiness. It is nice to see a new font opening up against their Borg-like assimilation of America.

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