In 2004, a federal judge ruled that a lawsuit charging Wal-Mart Stores with discrimination against six women, Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.., could go forward as a class action. This meatn the lawyers could argue the case on behalf of all female Wal-Mart employees in the United States, not just those who had brought suit. The judge noted that the case was "historic in nature, dwarfing other employment discrimination cases that cam before it" If the decision ultimately went against Wal-Mart(the case was expected to take at least five years), the cost to the company could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
In 2006, Wal-Mart was the largest private employer in the world. The company operated 3,800 facilities and had annual sales of $312 billion. In the United States, Wal-Mart employed 1.3 million people, about 63 percent of them women. The company had become a magent for both strenuous praise and strenuous criticism. Its hyperefficient supply chain was credited with saving U.S. customers $20 billion annually, suppressin inflation, and spurring productivity gains throughout the economy. In 2003 and 2004, Fortune named Wal-Mart its most admired company. Yet, Wal-Mart had also been blamed for driving out small businesses, depressing wages, and discriminating against women.
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In 2004, a federal judge ruled that a lawsuit charging Wal-Mart Stores with discrimination against six women, Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.., could go forward as a class action. This meatn the lawyers could argue the case on behalf of all female Wal-Mart employees in the United States, not just those who had brought suit. The judge noted that the case was "historic in nature, dwarfing other employment discrimination cases that cam before it" If the decision ultimately went against Wal-Mart(the case was expected to take at least five years), the cost to the company could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
In 2006, Wal-Mart was the largest private employer in the world. The company operated 3,800 facilities and had annual sales of $312 billion. In the United States, Wal-Mart employed 1.3 million people, about 63 percent of them women. The company had become a magent for both strenuous praise and strenuous criticism. Its hyperefficient supply chain was credited with saving U.S. customers $20 billion annually, suppressin inflation, and spurring productivity gains throughout the economy. In 2003 and 2004, Fortune named Wal-Mart its most admired company. Yet, Wal-Mart had also been blamed for driving out small businesses, depressing wages, and discriminating against women.
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