Walmart Stores, the world’s largest retailer, is being sued in federal court in Tennessee for allegedly discriminating against female workers in five southern states.
Three women sued in Nashville on Tuesday, seeking to proceed on behalf of Walmart’s female employees in the company’s Region 43, which comprises Tennessee and parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi. Walmart paid women less than men in comparable jobs and blocked promotions for female workers, the women claim.
The suit is the third regional gender-discrimination claim filed against Walmart following the Supreme Court decision last year rejecting a nationwide class action.
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