Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights At Wal-mart - Couverture rigide

Featherstone, Liza

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ISBN 10 : 0465023150 ISBN 13 : 9780465023158

Editeur : Basic Books, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Featherstone Liza

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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. commonwealthFeatherstone 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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Liza Featherstone is a freelance journalist whose work has been featured in the New York Times , the Los Angeles Times , Newsday , Rolling Stone , and the Washington Post , among other publications. She lives in New York City.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0465023150
• ISBN 13: 9780465023158
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288