Tell Wal-Mart to Stop Discriminating Against Women

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. What’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 world’s largest corporation and America’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.

It’s time to demand that CEO Lee Scott take concrete and measurable steps to end the systematic discrimination against women at Wal-Mart Stores.

Dear Mr. Scott,

I am writing to express my concern over the allegations Wal-Mart faces in regards to its employment and hiring practices. As the largest corporation in the world and America’s largest private employer, you have the obligation to address the serious sex discrimination charges you face.

Evidence presented in the Dukes v Wal-Mart Stores Inc. case shows that women working in Wal-Mart stores are paid less than men doing comparable work in every region of the country and in most job categories. Specifically, female hourly employees in 2001 were paid $1,100 less on average than men doing similar work, while women in management positions had average pay that was $14,500 less than their male counterparts. Data also show that the pay gap between men and women working at Wal-Mart gets worse over time, and that women get promoted to management roles at the company at a much slower rate than men.

Your company’s own diversity task force made recommendations back in 1998 to implement a mentoring program for promising female and minority employees, but this recommendation was ignored until late 2003.

It’s time for Wal-Mart to start living up to its promise as a model employer for America. I urge you to take concrete and measurable steps to end systematic discrimination against women at Wal-Mart Stores.

Sincerely,
[your name]
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