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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/business/30walmart.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&sq=discrimination&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=9&adxnnlx=1301952025-x/EhrKfaAC8UauU3NtzQMw

This article is talking about the class-action case against Wal-Mart. The case involves around one and a half million women who are seeking back pay claiming that Wal-Mart discriminated against them. The women are claiming that local managers were given too much discretion in pay and promotion decisions and the result were massive gender stereotypes. Wal-Mart is saying that the women do not have enough evidence or that the evidence presented is unreliable because the women in the class-action suit have worked in thirty four hundred stores and in one-hundred seventy job classifications. Each justice from the Supreme Court has their own opinion on this issue, some feel as Wal-Mart has a responsibility that women in the work place are treated fairly. While other Justices said that Wal-Mart is trying to “whipsaw” the court by contradicting its self in terms of their own policies.
This article relates to the class because it is focusing on a major court decision that may have lasting effects on the workplace and promotions. This case could affect many cases in the coming years. If this case goes forward it will be one of the most important cases for business for employment discrimination. The Supreme Court is expected to have its decision by June.