Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The supreme court ruling in the Walmart case

     In the Walmart case, I agreed with the ruling that the supreme court decided upon. I felt that it was unfair for a handful of women employees to pursue a class action in representation of all women employees. Understanding that there is a strong possibility that women are being discriminated against in some of the Walmart work environments, I still feel that the women who pursued the lawsuit were being selfish in a way. They should have filed their own individual cases against Walmart instead of assuming that all women shared their opinions. However I feel that the substantial difference in money that could have been won in a class action rather than individual lawsuits also fueled the plaintiffs decision. Walmart is seen as one of the largest corporations in the world, but in the lawsuit I felt they themselves were being discriminated because of such. Most workplaces in America have some troubles with equality, not saying they should not fix these problems, and Walmart itself should not be discriminated against when the problem is most likely in certain stores.

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