Class Action Law Suits: Wal-Mart Stores V. Dukes

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(Cheeseman2013) In the case Wal-Mart stores vs. Dukes’ female employees claimed and filed a class action law suit against the super-giant retail chain. The claiming was discrimination against female employees and denied individual’s employee’s advancement. They said they were paid less than their male counterpart with- in the company for doing the same amount of work. Although Wal-Mart had a policy against discrimination, most employee assessments were made at the local manager level. A class action suit is a law suit that filed on behalf of one or more persons; it is most commonly referred to as a class. The law suit can vary in many ways depending if the dispute are similar to all of the members of the class. Because it is often so many