Posted on 02/19/2015 6:56:36 AM PST by smokingfrog
BOSTON, MA -- A federal agency says Walmart discriminated against a lesbian employee who sought health coverage for her ailing wife and has ordered "a just resolution" for violating her civil rights.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ordered the retail giant to work with Jacqueline Cote of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who hopes the determination will help her pay off $100,000 in medical bills.
In a Jan. 29 EEOC ruling, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, the agency said Cote "was treated differently and denied benefits because of her sex."
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are you missing my point?
I am saying that the current crop of younger generations did not put this stuff into place- and they are going to be PISSED when they find out how much money of their was voted away from them GENERATIONS ago
I know my daughter is in her first year of college- she was all dreamy eyed about starting pay being $75K for aerospace engineers- I told her not to spend it all in the head- she had to give $30K of that to the government.
It was quite a shock to her
Apparently.
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