This is a thought about Walmart, and how to correct the court decision

[midnight]

about the inequality of women in that corporation- don't shop at Wal-Mart...

The Wal-Mart v. Dukes case would have been the largest employment class-action suit in U.S. history, involving 1.5 million female employees of Wal-Mart.

The Court did not rule on the merits of the discrimination case, but held that Wal-Mart is entitled to individual determinations of its employees’ eligibility for back-pay.

“The court has substantially raised the hurdles that workers have to surmount in order to bring broad cases,” said Joseph Sellers, co-lead counsel with Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, on a conference call immediately following the decision. Sellers said the women’s cases would likely proceed on an individual basis or in smaller, more closely linked classes. “The consequences could be dire for Wal-Mart, as well as the workers, as this case will be splintered so that it may take longer to resolve. We are determined to proceed on behalf of these women.”http://blogs.forbes.com/jennagoudreau/2011/06/20/wal-mart-wins-supreme-court-ruling-in-historic-sex-discrimination-suit/

Walmart workers, meanwhile, make around $8.75 an hour—about $18,000 a year. They'd have to work over a million years to approach what the chairman of Walmart Stores is sitting on. Alice and Jim Walton each have about $20 billion, and Christy Walton has $24 billion.

Last year Jonathan Turley noted that the CEO of Walmart, Michael Duke, makes his average employee's yearly salary every hour.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/151351/ceo_of_walmart_makes_in_one_hour_what_the_average_employee_makes_in_a_year%3A_how_skyrocketing_inequality_is_hurting_america

[RandomThoughts]

1. And that is why society is failing.

well that, and.

I am due beer and travel money, and many experiences.

Wallmart also uses cult tactics from many 'studies' on its employees, to get them to work for the good of the company against the better interest of themselves and society.

[dmr]

2. That $18,000 is only if they work a 40 work week,

so they'd have to work a lot longer than a million years to reach what their chairman makes.

Not that it matters, that million years is sadly long enough to make a point on how horrible all this is.
:argh:

[damyank913]

3. They need to narrow the "class"...

of the class action suit. It's too broad. They should refile.

[elleng]

4. Maybe State by State

[lonestarnot]

5. Better yet, don't fucking work at Walyfart.