| Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart Contributor(s): Featherstone, Liza (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465023169 ISBN-13: 9780465023165 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $17.81 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2005 Annotation: "On television, Wal-Mart employees are smiling women delighted with their jobs. But reality is another story. In 2000, Betty Dukes, a fifty-two-year-old black woman in Pittsburg, California, became the" |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Business & Economics | Industries - Retailing - Business & Economics | Women In Business |
| Dewey: 331.413 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.32" W x 8.04" (0.71 lbs) 304 pages |
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| Publisher Description: On television, Wal-Mart employees are smiling women delighted with their jobs. But reality is another story. In 2000, Betty Dukes, a 52-year-old black woman in Pittsburg, California, became the lead plaintiff in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, a class action representing 1.4 million women. In an explosive investigation of this historic lawsuit, journalist Liza Featherstone reveals how Wal-Mart, a self-styled family-oriented, Christian company: Deprives women (but not men) of the training they need to advance -- Relegates women to lower-paying jobs, like selling baby clothes, reserving the more lucrative positions for men -- Inflicts punitive demotions on employees who object to discrimination -- Exploits Asian women in its sweatshops in Saipan, a U.S. commonwealth. Featherstone reveals the creative solutions Wal-Mart workers around the country have found-like fighting for unions, living-wage ordinances, and childcare options. Selling Women Short combines the personal stories of these employees with superb investigative journalism to show why women who work low-wage jobs are getting a raw deal, and what they are doing about it. |