Betty Dukes People Powered Movement

Betty Dukes People Powered Movement Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a s*xual discrimination lawsuit, was the largest civil rights class action suit in United States history.

It charged Wal-Mart with discriminating against women in promotions, pay, and job assignments in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The case started in 2000, when a 54-year-old Wal-Mart worker in California named Betty Dukes filed a s*x discrimination claim against her employer. Dukes claims that, despite six years of hard work and excellent performance reviews, she was denied

the training she needed to advance to a higher salaried position. Wal-Mart's position is that Dukes clashed with a female Wal-Mart supervisor and was disciplined for admittedly returning late from lunch breaks. In June 2001, the lawsuit began in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The plaintiffs seek to represent 1.6 million women, including all those who work or have previously worked in a Wal-Mart store since December 26, 1998. In June 2004, the federal district judge, Martin Jenkins, ruled in favor of class certification under FRCP 23(b)(2). Wal-Mart appealed the decision. In 2004, journalist Liza Featherstone published a book about the case, Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart in which she contends that Wal-Mart's success is based not only on its inexpensive merchandise or its popularity but also on bad labor practices, a charge she repeated in an article about the case for The Nation. Featherstone compared Dukes to Rosa Parks. Source
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10/15/2011

The best is yet to come...we will press on!

10/10/2011

Our fight is not over!

10/10/2011
10/10/2011

PITTSBURG, Calif. — As a "greeter," the cheerful Betty Dukes is one of the first employees customers usually see as they walk through the front doors of the Wal-Mart store here. As the first "named plaintiff" in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the ordained Baptist minister also is the face of the largest gender ...

10/10/2011

As a "greeter," the cheerful Betty Dukes is one of the first employees customers usually see as they walk through the front doors of the Wal-Mart store here.

10/10/2011

Betty Dukes, the lead plaintiff in the class action discrimination lawsuit Wal-Mart v. Dukes, spoke with ACSblog about her involvement in the case and how she plans to respond to the Supreme Court's recent decision in the case.

10/10/2011

Female workers suing retail giant Wal-Mart Stores for workplace discrimination faced an uphill battle at the Supreme Court Tuesday in their efforts to proceed in a massive class-action lawsuit.

09/26/2011

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