Even the "wise latina".
Misleading headline. This was regarding whether to certify the actions as a class-action only. Individuals will still be able to sue on the merits of individual cases, just not in a class-action.
Our Walmart hires a lot of women I wouldn't even think of hiring. In fact, I see no male employees at all. Clerical is clerical. It's not rocket science. It's a low paying, boring job. And most of us did it at some point.
Thank goodness for America no little Chinese girls were permitted by Wal-Mart’s manufacturers to stand trial. Time to Wave Old Glory! (The little buggers did do a lovely job on this one over here, didn’t they? And what a price!)
I’m glad we have a semi-majority in the Supreme Court. (Kennedy trends right but will occassionally go left field)
That said this is case is just a horrible piece of crap. It started with a woman who just thought that if she just stayed around long enough she’d move up. Sometimes that does happen but when it doesn’t it does not mean you are being treated unfairly. A part of getting promoted is attitude and many of these women have hurt themselves with their I’m a single Mom you have to promote me no matter how big a pain in the ass I’ll be. Life doesn’t work that way. Sometimes people will cut you a break but the best thing to do if you don’t feel you are getting a fair shake is to leave or transfer and don’t give me the crap that you just can’t. That is just a cop-out. I’ve left jobs, I’ve been layed off, that it is not easy but since when is it supposed to be? If you won’t take advantage of the freedoms you have then stay where you are. You have the job and the position you deserve because no one deserves to be made into a millionaire because they didn’t get a promotion they felt they should get. These women should grow up. Wal-Mart has countless women in high positions within the company but the difference is those women who have those positions know how to groom themselves something that even the men are required to do. I just don’t understand it. If you are so small that you can’t do the basic simple things then how in the hell do you think anyone is going to promote you? I swear adults today are just babies. They don’t need a promotion they need a bottle and a diaper.
I hate to think what will happen if one of the so called “conservative justices” dies or is incapacitated and we have a Democrat in the white house. They have to live at least another 12 months.
Reported on CBS radio this morning-without saying “Wal-Mart”!
Apparently even the liberals on the SCOTUS could see this was just an effort by trial lawyers to fill their own pockets at Walmart’s expense. The BEST ruling would have included an order to the plaintiffs to pay the defendent’s costs...
Just think of all the disappointed parasites that thought they had finally found their free ride. Been looking for their “ticket” for years...
email from the NAGS on the topic:
Dear Supporter,
After 10 long years, a final decision has been handed down in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the largest class-action lawsuit in our nation’s history. It’s not good.
Today, a Supreme Court majority ruled against women by siding with the country’s largest employment discriminator, saying Wal-Mart, essentially, is too big to sue. The brave women, led by Betty Dukes, who stood up to Wal-Mart at great personal sacrifice, were told simply they’re on their own.
NOW has been fighting Wal-Mart’s efforts to systematically dole out pay raises and promotions on the basis of sex for 10 years, and we’re willing to keep it up for 100 more if that’s what it takes. Will you donate to NOW today to help us secure justice for women workers?
NOW leaders and their allies are already taking action. Tomorrow, women’s rights activists will denounce the Supreme Court’s decision in cities around the country, including Boston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Donate today to help NOW keep up our fight for economic justice for all women.
We can and will undo the damage of this decision. Its cold illogic — that the bigger a corporation is, the less it need fear being held accountable in a court of law — must be overturned in the halls of Congress. We are redoubling our efforts to pass a meaningful Paycheck Fairness Act, which would provide more effective remedies for victims of sex-based wage discrimination.
Your donation will help us achieve our goals. Please stand with us as we stand with the women of Wal-Mart. Make as generous a donation today as you can.
In solidarity,
Terry O’Neill
NOW President
P.S. Ten years ago NOW declared Wal-Mart a Merchant of Shame, and our chapters have an extensive history of picketing stores around the country. Please donate today to keep NOW, the grassroots arm of the women’s movement, strong and loud.
Excellent!!
At first I thought I was going to see those “faces of Walmart” pictures here....
Good for Walmart - good for the USA...
Did you read the article?
The workers “provide no convincing proof of a company-wide discriminatory pay and promotion policy”, wrote Justice Antonin Scalia for five members of the court. The justices were unanimous on some parts of the case and divided on others.
As I read it, all 9 justices agreed that the case could not legally proceed as a class action suit.
A majority of 5 justices agreed that the reason that it could not proceed is because of the large number of plaintiffs, and their differing situations; not enough commonality between the plaintiff's situations to qualify as a class action suit.
My question is, if the 4 justices in the minority agreed that the case could not proceed, yet they disagreed with the reasoning of the majority, what reasoning did they cite for not allowing the case to proceed as a class action?
‘Wal-Mart Run’ now planned for today. :)
I usually try to buy American instead of the Commie Chinese junk. That means until Wal-Mart starts buying from the USA they aren’t on my shopping menu. If they went bankrupt tomorrow would America be worse off or better off because of a reduced trade deficit? Either way it would be no loss to me because I don’t go there.
Girl Power sucks!
Girl Power sucks!