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Tell Wal-Mart to Stop Discriminating Against Women
Target: President & CEO Lee ScottSponsored by: Wal-Mart Watch
Wal-Mart currently faces the largest class-action sex discrimination lawsuit in American history.
Plaintiffs in the Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. case have provided evidence that women working in Wal-Mart stores are paid less than their male counterparts for comparable work in every region of the country and in most job categories. WhatÂ’s worse, data show that the pay gap between men and women gets worse over time, and that women get promoted to management roles at Wal-Mart at a much slower rate than men.
As the worldÂ’s largest corporation and AmericaÂ’s largest private sector employer, Wal-Mart clearly has some explaining to do.
But rather than address the serious issues raised in the sex discrimination lawsuit, the company has aggressively fought the charges, even refusing to implement recommendations of its own diversity task force back in 1998. Tellingly, Wal-Mart disbanded the task force in 1999; and the percentage of women in management positions declined at the company in the two years that followed.
ItÂ’s time to demand that CEO Lee Scott take concrete and measurable steps to end the systematic discrimination against women at Wal-Mart Stores.
Plaintiffs in the Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. case have provided evidence that women working in Wal-Mart stores are paid less than their male counterparts for comparable work in every region of the country and in most job categories. WhatÂ’s worse, data show that the pay gap between men and women gets worse over time, and that women get promoted to management roles at Wal-Mart at a much slower rate than men.
As the worldÂ’s largest corporation and AmericaÂ’s largest private sector employer, Wal-Mart clearly has some explaining to do.
But rather than address the serious issues raised in the sex discrimination lawsuit, the company has aggressively fought the charges, even refusing to implement recommendations of its own diversity task force back in 1998. Tellingly, Wal-Mart disbanded the task force in 1999; and the percentage of women in management positions declined at the company in the two years that followed.
ItÂ’s time to demand that CEO Lee Scott take concrete and measurable steps to end the systematic discrimination against women at Wal-Mart Stores.
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# 9,200:
2:19 pm PDT, Oct 4,
Claudia Heilke, Indiana
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2:07 pm PDT, Oct 4,
John West, Pennsylvania
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Alan Stout, Illinois
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5:54 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Gabriela Zabel, Maryland
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Susan Smith, New York
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7:58 pm PDT, Oct 2,
Lorie Gols, Massachusetts
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Howard Woo, California
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Natalie Swaim, Iowa
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6:21 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Lynne Stanford, Texas
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4:10 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Donna Hamsher, Louisiana
# 9,188:
8:48 am PDT, Sep 28,
Richard Artley, Idaho
Every time I look in my wallet and see dollar bills, it makes me so happy to know that NEVER will they end up at Wal-Mart.
Every time I look in my wallet and see dollar bills, it makes me so happy to know that NEVER will they end up at Wal-Mart.
# 9,187:
10:21 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Amanda Kulick, Pennsylvania
# 9,186:
4:37 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Amie Roberts, New York
Yo, walmart, you suk. Stop paying men more than women. And women, if this is happening to you, take some action. Sign petitions and start protests and boycotts. I know myself that I boycott Walmart. Women have equal rights...ok walmart? Get it through your head and stop being so prejudice.
Yo, walmart, you suk. Stop paying men more than women. And women, if this is happening to you, take some action. Sign petitions and start protests and boycotts. I know myself that I boycott Walmart. Women have equal rights...ok walmart? Get it through your head and stop being so prejudice.
# 9,185:
3:29 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Gary B, California
# 9,184:
1:06 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Kimberly Drake, Michigan
# 9,183:
9:29 am PDT, Sep 25,
Lucinda Fecher, Indiana
as an ex walmart employe i was paid almost a dollar less per hour then my male counterpart even though i had almost three years more time in
as an ex walmart employe i was paid almost a dollar less per hour then my male counterpart even though i had almost three years more time in
# 9,182:
6:29 pm PDT, Sep 24,
Jennifer Morrison, Florida
First of all I don't like the fact that they use certain products that are made from animals.. NOW we got this problem to? Walmart seems to have MANY problems that consumers are tired of.
First of all I don't like the fact that they use certain products that are made from animals.. NOW we got this problem to? Walmart seems to have MANY problems that consumers are tired of.
# 9,181:
4:40 am PDT, Sep 24,
Gloria Feltham, United Kingdom
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6:33 pm PDT, Sep 22,
Emily MacDonald, Pennsylvania
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7:43 pm PDT, Sep 21,
Jennie Boatman, Texas
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Jason Bowman, California
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4:33 pm PDT, Sep 17,
Nancy Fuentes, Texas
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12:16 pm PDT, Sep 14,
Donald Doyle, Missouri
I find it repulsive that my own mother has told me of these rediculous accounts. Must someone always hold a corporations hand and make them see this is a democracy and not hypocracy. Hypothetical misapprehention is not an excuse for negligence. But what can you expect from a comany that thinks it's above the rest of the world. They must have forgotten what this country is all about. I am proud to say I have fought to protect our basic rights in this country. I have one thing to say to Walmart....GET OUT OF OUR COUNTRY !!!!!
I find it repulsive that my own mother has told me of these rediculous accounts. Must someone always hold a corporations hand and make them see this is a democracy and not hypocracy. Hypothetical misapprehention is not an excuse for negligence. But what can you expect from a comany that thinks it's above the rest of the world. They must have forgotten what this country is all about. I am proud to say I have fought to protect our basic rights in this country. I have one thing to say to Walmart....GET OUT OF OUR COUNTRY !!!!!
# 9,175:
3:25 am PDT, Sep 6,
Amy Stroud, Texas
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1:48 pm PDT, Sep 5,
Kathi Brown, New Mexico
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3:19 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Deeanna Dickey, Arizona
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6:36 am PDT, Sep 1,
Erica Denning, Pennsylvania
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL!
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL!
# 9,171:
4:01 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Lisa Perentin, Rhode Island
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2:52 pm PDT, Aug 31,
MaryAnn Barnes, Canada
We do not live in the darkages it is 2006 isn't it? It is about time you treated your female employees equally!
We do not live in the darkages it is 2006 isn't it? It is about time you treated your female employees equally!
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7:46 pm PDT, Aug 30,
Jacklyn Barton, Missouri
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Linda Bonura, Louisiana
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Heather Little, California
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Jenny S K Rockwell, California
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Marina Gaetano, Florida
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2:49 pm PDT, Aug 28,
Maryjane Mather, New York
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2:13 pm PDT, Aug 27,
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5:18 am PDT, Aug 26,
Sherry Pilgrim, Alabama
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3:36 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Samuel Ford, California
Around 70% of this world's poor people are women; women give birth to children, raise the children, they take care of the home, cook, clean, many of them are the breadwinner for the family, and what do they get in return? Nothing. That's what they get in return: just a big, fat nothing! For all that the women have gone through, they should be wealthier than the ones who oppress them!
Around 70% of this world's poor people are women; women give birth to children, raise the children, they take care of the home, cook, clean, many of them are the breadwinner for the family, and what do they get in return? Nothing. That's what they get in return: just a big, fat nothing! For all that the women have gone through, they should be wealthier than the ones who oppress them!
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3:02 pm PDT, Aug 24,
Rev Jim Oxyer, Kentucky
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12:30 pm PDT, Aug 22,
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1:14 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Virginia Vazin, California
# 9,157:
1:08 pm PDT, Aug 10,
Ruth Thomas, California
Women are often the sole support of children in our country and many live well below the poverty line. Please do not contribute to this national disaster.
Women are often the sole support of children in our country and many live well below the poverty line. Please do not contribute to this national disaster.
# 9,156:
11:37 am PDT, Aug 9,
Liz Ioseb, California
# 9,155:
10:05 pm PDT, Aug 8,
Pamela G, Missouri
I worked for Wal-Mart for 5 years. When I worked in a Department, my Dept Manager beat me black and blue with a cart UNDER a camera. Funny thing, when I turned it in to management, the tape had vanished. 3 days after my 36th Birthday when I was working a mandatory overnight shift, I was raped by a 19 year old manager who outweighed me by about 150 and was over a foot taller than me. He quit 3 days before management was able to do anything. I worked LOTS of overtime and was as my supervisors always said, "their best worker", but as far as paychecks, my check was considerably less. My supervisors said they tried to give me raises, but upper management always had caps on them. I saw the paperwork, I was up for 50 cents more every time. Why should my body parts be the determining factor to raises when clearly my work was better! When I left the company, due to injuries, I was denied STD because it was a "workers comp" but workers comp denied me, I was screwed out of my 401(k) and profit sharing that I always put money into every pay day, and what stock I had, they took over a share every year since I left. Finally this week after trying for 4 years to get them to correct my paperwork and my account I gave up and cashed it out, only to receive less than 2 shares worth of my money. Now I can't work with my back broken in 2 places and can't receive disability. I had my arm crushed in a metal door, so that limits things further. Everytime I was sent to the COMPANY Doctor for exrays etc I was told I was fine, go back to work. After the time limit was up, he'd look over the exrays again and THAT is how I found out my back was broken when the ladder fell on me! Nice life huh? Don't you wish YOU could live it instead of living in your fancy house and driving your fancy cars?? Why is it you can tell the Execs at Wal-Mart Home Office? Is it the fact that they have priviledged parking? Is it the fact that they are the ones driving the nice cars? Is it the fact that they are the most ruthless drivers in the parking lots? Hmmm....after working at the Home Office 2 years, I'd have to say, ALL OF THE ABOVE! You always know them in the halls at Wal-Mart Headquarters too, they are the ones NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHING WAL-MART SELLS!!!! I overheard someone ask a 'higher up' once about why they didn't buy and wear Wal-Marts clothing. You wouldn't want to know the answer! But....that clothing is good enough for the rest of us! And, on YOUR wages, the only thing we can afford! Why is it that your execs get 100,000 to way over a MILLION dollar bonuses EVERY YEAR but your employees get piddlings???? THEY are the reason you have all that 'extra' money! They are the ones busting their asses and taking crap from your store managers and district managers, but yet smiling and being helpful to the customers!! It's the WORKERS who NEED the money, NOT the execs, their pay scale is already OUTRAGEOUS!! Me, I'm glad to be gone!
I worked for Wal-Mart for 5 years. When I worked in a Department, my Dept Manager beat me black and blue with a cart UNDER a camera. Funny thing, when I turned it in to management, the tape had vanished. 3 days after my 36th Birthday when I was working a mandatory overnight shift, I was raped by a 19 year old manager who outweighed me by about 150 and was over a foot taller than me. He quit 3 days before management was able to do anything. I worked LOTS of overtime and was as my supervisors always said, "their best worker", but as far as paychecks, my check was considerably less. My supervisors said they tried to give me raises, but upper management always had caps on them. I saw the paperwork, I was up for 50 cents more every time. Why should my body parts be the determining factor to raises when clearly my work was better! When I left the company, due to injuries, I was denied STD because it was a "workers comp" but workers comp denied me, I was screwed out of my 401(k) and profit sharing that I always put money into every pay day, and what stock I had, they took over a share every year since I left. Finally this week after trying for 4 years to get them to correct my paperwork and my account I gave up and cashed it out, only to receive less than 2 shares worth of my money. Now I can't work with my back broken in 2 places and can't receive disability. I had my arm crushed in a metal door, so that limits things further. Everytime I was sent to the COMPANY Doctor for exrays etc I was told I was fine, go back to work. After the time limit was up, he'd look over the exrays again and THAT is how I found out my back was broken when the ladder fell on me! Nice life huh? Don't you wish YOU could live it instead of living in your fancy house and driving your fancy cars?? Why is it you can tell the Execs at Wal-Mart Home Office? Is it the fact that they have priviledged parking? Is it the fact that they are the ones driving the nice cars? Is it the fact that they are the most ruthless drivers in the parking lots? Hmmm....after working at the Home Office 2 years, I'd have to say, ALL OF THE ABOVE! You always know them in the halls at Wal-Mart Headquarters too, they are the ones NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHING WAL-MART SELLS!!!! I overheard someone ask a 'higher up' once about why they didn't buy and wear Wal-Marts clothing. You wouldn't want to know the answer! But....that clothing is good enough for the rest of us! And, on YOUR wages, the only thing we can afford! Why is it that your execs get 100,000 to way over a MILLION dollar bonuses EVERY YEAR but your employees get piddlings???? THEY are the reason you have all that 'extra' money! They are the ones busting their asses and taking crap from your store managers and district managers, but yet smiling and being helpful to the customers!! It's the WORKERS who NEED the money, NOT the execs, their pay scale is already OUTRAGEOUS!! Me, I'm glad to be gone!
# 9,154:
12:41 pm PDT, Aug 8,
Kathy Wilcox, Nevada
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12:30 pm PDT, Aug 8,
Jessica Trujillo, Washington
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Meve Sharkey, Massachusetts
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Mariela & Tim avasd, Florida