Research Center: Discrimination

TITLE	DATE
Wal-Mart Watch In Depth: Gender Discrimination At Wal-Mart The inaugural issue of Wal-Mart Watch’s issue paper, In Depth, focuses on gender discrimination at Wal-Mart and the massive class action lawsuit female employees are waging against the company.	01/04/08
A Handshake with Sam An agreement of shared principles offered in good faith to the executives and board members of Wal-Mart.	01/04/08
Out with the Old: Wal-Mart’s Year-Long Pursuit of a Younger, Cheaper Workforce In October, 2005, an internal memo to the Wal-Mart Board of Directors explained the corporation’s plans to scale back employee benefits and reduce health care coverage for its employees.Out With the Old examines how Wal-Mart has changed its health care system since then, and where it is headed.	01/04/08
Wal-Mart’s Stalled GLBT Policies Information on Wal-Mart’s health benefits, discrimination policy and corporate behavior towards gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered employees.	01/03/08
Dukes v Wal-Mart Class Action Certification Official certification of the class status of Dukes v Wal-Mart.	12/20/07
Audio: Brad Seligman argues for the Platiffs at Wal-Mart’s Appeal, Dukes v. Wal-Mart Audio of Brad Seligman, lawyer for the Plaintiffs, arguing at Wal-Mart’s appeal, Dukes v. Wal-Mart (August, 2005)	12/20/07
Betty v. Goliath: A History of Dukes v. Wal-Mart A Wal-Mart Watch special report on the background of the landmark Dukes v Wal-Mart class action discrimination lawsuit.	12/19/07
Statistical Analysis of Gender Patterns in Wal-Mart Workforce This report by CSU professor (and counsel for Dukes v. Wal-Mart) Richard Drogin examines gender-based patterns in Wal-Mart’s hiring and promotion practices.	12/19/07
Lee’s Garage Examples of internal correspondence between Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott and his managers.	11/03/06
Out with the Old—Wal-Mart’s Year-Long Pursuit of a Younger, Cheaper Workforce Wal-Mart Watch explores the changes made by Wal-Mart a year after the release of the controversial Chambers Memo.	10/30/06
Handshake With Sam Research Documents Backup research documents for Wal-Mart Watch’s Handshake with Sam	10/13/06
Wal-Mart 2005 Annual Report Our fiscal year ending January 31, 2005 was another record year for Wal-Mart. We topped $10 billion in net income for the first time in our history and added almost $29 billion in sales.	02/05/06
Susan Chambers Memo On October 26, 2005 the New York Times reported a “secret” memo written by Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart Executive Vice President for Benefits, for the Wal-Mart Board of Directors.	10/26/05
Wal-Mart’s 2005 Diversity Report Wal-Mart’s 2005 report on employee diversity rates.	07/01/05
Low Prices at What Cost? Wal-Mart Watch’s 2005 Annual Report Our look at some of the most important issues surrounding Wal-Mart’s business practices.	05/23/05
Trucker Complaint of Racial Discrimination 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.	05/23/05