Trucker Complaint of Racial Discrimination

"This is a class action lawsuit asserting claims under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. 1981, that Defendants Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wal-Mart Transportation, LLC (collectively "Wal-Mart") discriminate against African Americans in their hiring practices for over-the-road (OTR) truck driver positions throughout the continental United States. Although African Americans comprise approximately 15% of the OTR truck driver populations in the continental United States, only 2-3% of Wal-Mart's OTR truck drivers are African American. The disparity between the percentage of African American in the general OTR truck driver population and the percentage of African Americans in Wal-Mart's OTR truck driver population is the result of nationwide policies, practices and customs that are purposefully discriminatory and that serve no reasonable business purpose, yet have a disproportionate impact on African Americans."

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