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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. judge denies class certification sought by women suing Wal-Mart
Source: Reuters
U.S. judge denies class certification sought by women suing Wal-Mart
By Casey Sullivan and Dan Levine
Sat Aug 3, 2013 12:55am EDT
(Reuters) - In another setback for women suing Wal-Mart, a U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected an attempt to bring reformulated sex discrimination claims against the company as a class action.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer denied a motion for class certification brought by plaintiffs seeking to represent 150,000 women in Wal-Mart's California offices who alleged the world's largest retailer denied them pay raises and promotions because of their gender.
The claims were filed as a reformulated lawsuit after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a larger class-action sex discrimination against Wal-Mart Stores Inc in 2011 that claimed female employees at 3,400 Walmart stores nationwide were underpaid and given fewer promotions.
The California lawsuit was part of a broader strategy by women Wal-Mart workers to bring more narrowly tailored class actions in an attempt to seek damages, targeting Wal-Mart's employment practices in regions throughout the country.
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By Casey Sullivan and Dan Levine
Sat Aug 3, 2013 12:55am EDT
(Reuters) - In another setback for women suing Wal-Mart, a U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected an attempt to bring reformulated sex discrimination claims against the company as a class action.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer denied a motion for class certification brought by plaintiffs seeking to represent 150,000 women in Wal-Mart's California offices who alleged the world's largest retailer denied them pay raises and promotions because of their gender.
The claims were filed as a reformulated lawsuit after the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a larger class-action sex discrimination against Wal-Mart Stores Inc in 2011 that claimed female employees at 3,400 Walmart stores nationwide were underpaid and given fewer promotions.
The California lawsuit was part of a broader strategy by women Wal-Mart workers to bring more narrowly tailored class actions in an attempt to seek damages, targeting Wal-Mart's employment practices in regions throughout the country.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/03/us-walmart-women-idUSBRE97203320130803
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U.S. judge denies class certification sought by women suing Wal-Mart (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2013
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The GOP Has Stacked The Courts With Racists, Mysogynists, And Fascists.
TheMastersNemesis
Aug 2013
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TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)1. The GOP Has Stacked The Courts With Racists, Mysogynists, And Fascists.
dballance
(5,756 posts)2. While I agree with your general assessment, this one's a Clinton appointee.
Of course, Clinton also signed DOMA and NAFTA. Far more Republican legislation than progressive legislation. Just about anything I see coming out of the DLC is something I know is corporate-friendly.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)3. Not that surprising. Courts are reluctant to
grant class status to a group of plaintiffs unless that group can clearly establish commonality of claims and causation. And that commonality has to be established with clear statistical evidence, not anecdotal.