Wal-Mart Could Face Largest Employment Discrimination Lawsuit in U.S. History

Wal-Mart is in the midst of a legal battle which could become the largest employment discrimination lawsuit in the Unites States.

The lawsuit Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. started in 2001. Seven female employees, reports The New York Times, "realized the men were being paid more than women for comparable jobs and were getting promoted more often." Since then, the lawsuit has has a long and winding road, as Wal-Mart opposed it. Two courts ruled that the complaint could be treated as a class-action one, that is, as one large lawsuit rather than as thousands of individual ones. Over the years, many other Wal-Mart female employees signed on to join in the lawsuit.