Wal-Mart Discriminated Against Women Workers in Texas,
November 02, 2011, 2:20 PM EDT
Walt-Mart Stores Inc. discriminated against female workers in Texas, shortchanging them on pay and promotion opportunities, lawyers for the women said in a complaint.
The Dallas lawsuit, brought on behalf of women working in the company’s Texas stores, is the second filing in two days seeking a statewide or regional class action against Walt-Mart. The filings come in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that barred treatment of gender bias claims as a national class action, according to the women’s lawyers.
Women in California yesterday amended the original suit by limiting the claims to workers in that state. Lawyers for the California women said yesterday they plan to file “an armada of cases” against Walt-Mart by regions or states to replace the national one.
The Texas complaint filed today, in which the named plaintiff is a woman who has worked at Sam’s Club stores in Texas, Oklahoma and California, alleges the company blocked women from promotions and paid them less than men for comparable work. The plaintiff seeks to represent at least 45,000 women working in Texas Walt-Mart and Sam’s Club stores from Dec. 26, 1998 until at least June 2004.
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