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 Selling Women ShortThe Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights At Wal-martby Liza Featherstone Nov 2, 2004
DescriptionOn 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. Reviews
Selling Women Short is a bargain even Wal-Mart can't match. Not only does it tell the story of the amazing women who’ve sued Wal-Mart for sex discrimination, but it offers an unprecedented glimpse into Wal-Mart's pseudo-Christian, ultra-macho, corporate culture.”
“Featherstone returns to the women of Wal-Mart what the corporation would steal: their humanity, their insight, their voice. These workers’ fight is our fight. No one in today's economy is unaffected by their struggle for liveable wages and workplace respect.”- “Liza Featherstone has written a women’s rights manifesto for the corporate age and a Fast Food Nation for the retail world-utterly engrossing, sometimes shocking and deeply inspiring. A devastating story, superbly told. This is a breakthrough book.”
“If Wal-Mart was the great business story of the nineties, its workers may well be the big story of the following decade. Selling Women Short is a vivid primer on this extraordinary empire, the lives of its employees, and the real-world costs of modern business.”
“Liza Featherstone's eloquent, unsparing page-turner delivers a sharp poke in the eye to one of America’s worst corporations. Here's one book I'll bet you can't buy at Wal-Mart!”
“A scrupulous investigation of the hateful labor practices of the world’s largest corporation. Featherstone’s book is an important addition to the gathering arsenal of disgust that will bring Wal-Mart tumbling down.”
“A must read for an understanding of the new service economy and the risks it poses to the U.S. and the world.”
“Imagine a time when a thirty-year-old woman was paid less than a twenty-year-old man because ‘he has a family to support,’ when promotions were settled at hunting parties and strippers performed at executive events. Unfortunately, Liza Featherstone isn’t writing a history book: she’s describing the reality for over half a million women who work for Wal-Mart today.”
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