WalMart - BoomTheTruth

"More than 1 million women could be included in the class, after the 6-5 ruling by the Ninth Circuit court on Monday.

Wal-Mart said it would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The original lawsuit, hailed by lawyers as the largest sex discrimination class-action in U.S. history when it was filed in 2001, claimed that Wal-Mart paid female workers less than male colleagues and gave them fewer promotions.

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer and largest private U.S. employer, had asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to undo class-action certification in the case that alleged discrimination in its more than 3,000 stores.

"It's a huge win for the plaintiffs, and a tremendous loss for Wal-Mart," said Paul Secunda, an associate professor of law at Marquette University Law School. Given the number of employees involved and many years of pay at issue, he said "the amount of liability can be many billions of dollars."

The lawsuit's reemergence follows years of work by Wal-Mart to improve its image, from efforts to become more eco-friendly to mobilizing resources for disaster relief.

Wal-Mart shares closed down 0.9 percent at $54.04 on the New York Stock Exchange. Analysts said the small decline may reflect that fact that investors know the case still faces years of litigation."

Wal-Mart has been the biggest and one of the cheapest retailers for years and years and people always wanted to know how they can afford to sell items so cheap...This is because their employees barely have any type of benefits...

Wal-Mart does not allow health benefits so why is it such a shock that they dont give women the same of chances as men...They only offers non-union jobs that hurt job markets and honest labor...and they also get cheap items from sweatshops and sell them here....

I dont know about anyone else but Wal-Mart needs to lose this case of sexual harassment and clean up their acts before they end up going out of business and being even more hated by the bulk of America...BooM