Showing posts with label Barred From Unionizing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barred From Unionizing. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Barred From Unionizing, Walmart Workers Form New Group To Fight For Better Conditions

Yesterday, the Supreme Court sided with Walmart in an enormous employment discrimination suit that denied 1.5 million female workers the chance to form a class action to sue the company for billions in damages for discriminatory pay and promotion practices. Walmart’s triumph is just the latest in the corporation’s decades-long campaign to prevent workers from banding together to fight for fair pay and decent working conditions. The corporation’s union-busting has become notorious, along with directly connecting to their sexist practices, appalling working conditions, and menial wages.