of prayer we know that wal-mart discriminates against women wal-mart has been viciously anti union in one famous case a closed down its entire meat packing division in the southeast because one store voted to vote for a union for me card so it shut down its entire meat cutting operation entire part of the united states to keep labor out it led a worldwide fight on the part of big corporations to prevent wages from going up around the world it has exploited young people children in mexico you just go down the list it's a hit but you'll tax dodgers and most important it thrives on poverty both the poverty of the people who work for wal-mart for substandard wages and the poverty of people who because the middle class is dying because we don't have unions and all the things you describe day after day in your wonderful program it's strive for those people who have to go to wal-mart to shop because they can't afford to go anywhere else so you know one of the one of the defenses of wal-mart when i debate conservatives on this topic is typically oh you know what wal-mart wasn't bringing in al

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. >>> no hay demanda de un millón y medio de mujeres contra la cadena wal-mart.ge reveló hoy sus aspiraciones políticas quiere ser gobernador. >>> le diremos cuáles son las mejores ciudades estadounidenses para criar niños. ( ♪ música ) >>> este es su noticiero univisión edición nocturna con ilia calderón. >>> buenas noches el balneario de acapulco en méxico ha comenzó za comenzado a sentir los embatemb del huracán beatriz. provocando problemas en negocios y calles y avenidas, hacía el noreste del cabo corrientes luego de tocar tierra el ciclón continúe su rumbo por el océano pacífico. y bueno de las lluvias y vientos vamos a los vincendios no sólo a controversia arde en arizona, las declaraciones de john mccain dijo que hay e sdrividencia que muestra que los indocumentados que cruzan por ahí, provocaron estoper los bomberos dicen que no es así. vamos con el informe. >>> miles de galones de agua estanca yen están cayendo sobre este incendio, por su parte 1097 bomberos fo tes raforestales lon en tierra. con más bajas temperaturas vientos más leves se tenía un cont

were a lot of different wal-mart stores. an even though they had complaints which under their argument fell under the rubric of discrimination, they weren't the same underlying. >> that's what he said. he said that the because they wanted to sue for literally millions of employment decisions, there had to be some glue holding all the alleged reasons for the discrimination together. he said they had not provided significant proof that wal-mart operated under a general policy of discrimination. >> ifill: something which they didn't actually address. justice againstberg disagreed with that. >> absolutely, she lead four dissenters. and she said that the women's stories of what happened to them in the individual stores suggested that wal-mart's corporate culture was diffused with gender bias. she said she also had statistical evidence that they provided that show, for example that women held 70% of the hourly jobs in wal-mart stores but only 33% of management positions. and also, that women were paid less than men in every region

wal-mart admits that itself. and that's one of the things that the women who brought this lawsuit say they should get in their credit. is that they did force wal-mart to make changes. and of course you have to think about why you file class actions in the first place. these women were going for back pay and very small amount and hard to get a lawyer to take a case for that kind of money. gwen: thank you, pete, and thanks, everybody else. we're done here for right now but the conversation will continue online. on the "washington week" webcast extra. for more on libya, politics and the debt ceiling dance, oh, yes, you thought we forgot about that. for daily developments on these sthorse and more all week, tune in to the pbs newshour on air and "washington week" online. you can find us all at pbs.org. hope you have a lovely summer weerkend. -- summer weekend. good night. every thursday get a previe of our topics and panel with our "washington week" email alert. available at washingtonweekonline@pbs.org. captioned by

i practiced law, a case against wal-mart would have buried me in paperwork. there's no way. we all require people to put up the money. in this country we have a >> absolutely better, because you can just bury an individual routinely and send the same type of paperwork to make them try to discover the one thing that they have asked for. so much better, also it's going to cut down on your ability to be sued in this case, you will not be able to have an attorney say, yes. maybe it's a small amount of money you'll get for the individual. maybe it's only $20,000 in back pay which is a lot for the individual but that's not enough to take on a corporation. >> will this decision protect other big companies from class action suits? let me hear from this side of the table. >> i do think this draws the line in the stand that's what you saw happening here with the court. as i said at the top of the show you have the lawsuits are out of control. both at the individual level in many cases but also at the class action level. and it's one in this can i can agree with you that this very diff

last week in wal-mart d. dukes, five men claimed 1.5 billion would spend nearly a taking justice or sex discrimination by the employer wal-mart. they did not share enough in common to support action. perhaps richer than they told the women that wal-mart could not have had a discriminatory policy against all of them because they left its payment at the stores. near majority justices made it harder to one corporations accountable under historic civil rights laws. earlier this month in janus capital versus first derivative traders, the same day just to save give corporations another victory by assuring them from accountability, even when they knowingly lied to investors. someone said janet decision provides wall street companies with a license to lie. others have said is a roadmap for pride. if you commit lives, you lie to investors as long as you follow the guidelines the supreme court decision, apparently you can get away with it. whatever phrase you use, the decision allows wall street companies to design new

in the context of the wal-mart case, and wal-mart -- in this way, wal-mart is unique. it may not be the only company like this, but certainly one of the evidence of discrimination upon that was significant. gender disparities are really startling intern said a very large number of hourly employees who are women and the absolutely flipped, very small number of wal-mart managers who are women in the way that the decision-making system is structured to both give individual managers discussion to just pick their fans and at the same time creating serious of corporate standard and corporate culture that discourage the advancement of women through a variety of policy decisions that are highlighted in the complaint. in the complaint was filed, for example, one of the things ballmer needs to have is a policy is a requirement to be a store manager you have to be willing to relocate. it's obvious to a layperson like that in our society is significant as compared to men. like the refusal to want to get wal-mart has actually fixed in the wake of this litigation, but the absence of

wal-mart's lead lawyer, ted boutros. >> wal-mart's policy forbids discrimination. it supports diversity. that's what's always been so wrong and so crazy about the plaintiffs' theory in this case. >> reporter: the decision means the women will now have to sue on their own-- and dukes is ready. >> i don't see by any means that the war is over. >> reporter: now this case, bottom line, is about money. on their own, these cases would have cost wal-mart a few thousand dollars. but if the women had gone forward, scott, as a group, that case could have cost billions. >> pelley: so, jan, does this change the way courts look at class action sutes going forward? >> oh, it certainly will. this is a major decision and sends a decision to the lower courts that they need to be much more skeptical when looking at these cases that bring together a whole bunch of people in trying to take on big corporate america. obviously these cases have been an effective tool because it's harder for the little guy to go up against the deep pockets that's trying to defend some of these lawsuits. t

the woman who filed the suit works at a wal-mart in pittsburgh. we got her reaction earlier today. >> reporter: she started the largest sex discrimination class action lawsuit in u.s. history. but this morning the supreme court tossed it out after a 10- year battle. >> today corporate america has won. >> betty dukes, a greater at this wal-mart, said she and more than a million other women who work at stores were denied equal pay and job promotions back in 2001. but the court disagreed saying there were toom women and too many jobs to wrap into one lawsuit. >> what the supreme court has done is that they have made it potentialally harder to raise the bar on what plaintiffs will have to show to be treated as a class. >> and the ruling is a set back for anyone fighting any form of discrimination, the business community is backing wal-mart that a reverse ruling would have opened the flood gates based on evidence. >> in a statement wal-mart said, quote, they were worlds away from showing a discriminatory pay policy and promotion policy. >> they did not

wal-mart vs. dukes. [applause] she and her fellow plaintiff argued before the supreme court that wal-mart, the country's largest private employer, systematically discriminated and retaliated against women in hiring, the decision is due any day about whether the case should be qualified for a class action lawsuit representing 25 million other women. but should this be denied? they are working with the plaintiff to make certain that they receive justice. >> thank you for being here. we are very happy to talk about this important and very impact will case. let me introduce edith, she has been involved with the class- action lawsuits since the first day, and i can tell you that she is an amazing woman. she has five children and four of them are daughters. let's get started on the conversation. i want her to have the opportunity to tell you how she got involved and how this is impacting not just herself and her daughter, and how this will impact all women across the country and your daughter as well. can you

court has rejected a class- wal-mart employees. the paid promoted. pittsburgh and she also had difficulty having a smile on her face. >> me and my co-workers are angered. federal court in san francisco accusing the retailer of discriminating paying them less than men promotions. a few years million women that work for walmart's in the u.s.. since >> the latest, top to bottom ramirez. let me show you that grant lotus-ret giovanni ramirez. dimaggio on their merits will state the nexspend the next 10 months in jail. ramirez and does remain at the main suspect in that assault. on monday, the parole hearing in los angeles was found that he violated the terms of his paroled because he was a convicted felon who had access to a weapon. l.a. police found a gun while arresting him for his role in the still beating. they're still gathering evidence. and the brand still beating--this new 10 month sentence in the price and still beatinthe beating of n stowe. there will be able to continue to gather evidence against them. also, the lawyers of a ramirez show that t

and leading that charge was this greeter at wal-mart store in pittsburghlp, california. >> of course upon hearing the news i was disappointed. >>reporter: betty duke was the lead plaintiff. saying her employer of 17 years promoted a culture where men received pay raises and the promotions. but the nation highest court ruled the lawsuit can no longer move forward as a class action case. if women like dukes want to sue wal-mart now they have to pursue the claims on their own. >> we just stay focus. still determine to good forward with our complaint. >>reporter: without a class action case there is less pressure for the rae tail giant to settle. in a statement the company said wal-mart has a long history of providing advancement opportunities for our female associates. and we'll continue the efforts to build a robust pipe lane of future female leaders. but legal analyst says the ruling doesn't address the charge that wal-mart discriminated against women. >> this opinion doesn't good to at the time merits of the suit at all. some or all of the plaintiffs may have very good lawsuits. what

and groups a group of our wal-mart is organizing one our workers with the head of united. so that they can demand better wages and even though they won't legally have bargaining rights to demand better wages wal-mart employees will be able to collectively make demands and if the organization grows large enough they'll have a lot of clout currently our wal-mart boasts a membership of thousands of workers and has been hosting meetings all across the nation let's hope they get big enough to put a check on wal-mart's corporate. bad rick go google his name santorum speaking in iowa santorum explained why american schools are failing and why students don't know much about american history. the worst social. children in american schools is. not the best in science it's history. it's the reverse of how can we be a free people how can we be a people that fight for america if we don't know who we are it is what we're all about. to say hi my opinion a conscious effort on the part of the left who has a huge influence on our curriculum to desensitize america to what american value so f

se later, a look at the rulings in favor of wal-mart. david savage of the los angeles times joins us. you'rehington journal" on c-span. >> the supreme court ruled that a lawsuit against wal-mart cannot proceed as one large class-action. the plaintiffs wanted to sue on behalf of more than 1 million women. the justices agreed it could not be a class action in its current form. in a separate vote, the court said the plaintiffs did not have enough because -- in common to pull their claims into a single case. here is the oral argument from mars. -- march. >> they felt to satisfy the rule for certification of a mandatory and not opt out class. regarding rule 23 a, because the claim on individual managers struck the country, they cannot meet the requirements that were reflect -- reflected in the role of delegation from claims that are common to everyone in the class. the common policies are either neutral and not discriminatory or they are not discriminatory. the company has a strong policy against discrimination. >> i suppose that a corporate

maximize profits that includes a company like chains that made over a billion dollars last year wal-mart that made more than fourteen billion dollars last year thanks in large part to buying cheap products from factories like that classic factory in jordan that uses rape to keep its employees in line. free trade has created a race to the bottom around the world for the most in demand labor force is the least protected the conditions in factories across america dramatically improved in the hundred years of the triangle shirtwaist factory went up in flames we shouldn't sleep any easier at night just because employ your views is out of sight and out of mind and exists all around the world in places like jordan and bangladesh where corporate power has overtaken sovereign governments and the power of the protections offered average workers as long as so-called american corporations like wal-mart are dealing in abusive labor practices around the world then so too is america and the only way to put an end to that openness is for us to put an end to this so-called free trade. that's the big pict

the wal-mart suit initiated by betty dukes. who works as a wal-mart greeter in contra costa county. the lawsuit claims that wal-mart systematically passes over women for promotions and she won the right to sue on behalf of up to 1.6 million other wal-mart workers. but yesterday's high court decision says they have to pursue their claims individually. >> i feel very optimistic that we will successfully go forward in our claims of sexual discrimination against wal-mart. in a statement, wal-mart says the company has a long history of providing advancement opportunities for female associates and made tremendous strides in developing women throughout the organization. >>> beginning next month, state of california will no longer issue unemployment checks. instead, those on unemployment will be herbed e.b.t.s, they're electronic benefit transfer cards. prepaid debit cards. people getting unemployment checks will use the debit card in anyplace that visa debit card is accepted. >> once the money is there, you can let them have it, directly deposited from that account, directly to your checki

wal-mart could have faces billions of dollars in damages. duke claimed that male employees were promoted more often and paid more than the female counterpart. after the decision, wal-mart released a statement saying as the majority made clear the plaintiff claim were worlds away showing a company wide discriminatory promotion policy. the court's ruling mean duke and other plaintiffs can move forward with individual lawsuits. but with much less money at stake. less pressure on wal-mart to settle. >>> still ahead, check the tires. all of them. >> wow! the standard feature that is not so standard anymore on several u.s. vehicles. plus -- >> what 75,000 square feet has a big red bow around it and helps feed people? i'm amy hollyfield. i'll have the answer for you after the break. >>> a big-hearted ceo made giant donation today for the food bank and wrapped it up in a big bow. donated a 75,000 square foot building. amy hollyfield joins us from the new home. this incredible. largest corporate contribution in the food bank history. >> it is a big b

so what wal-mart is doing is they are testing a soaries of small stores called wal-mart express that would open up in rural areas like arkansas, north carolina and all in big cities like chicago and they will open these test stores that are really small. they carry about 1/10 of the items of the superstore. they plan play ton hope about 350 each and every year around the u.s., maybe there in d.c., i don't, hopefully here in new york but a new strategy at wal- mart. >> okay. we'll keep an eye on it. >>> you keep a cleese eye on your statement, you check credit report regularly but even the most careful consumers can still fall victim to identity theft. we'll show you how criminals are staying one step ahead unfortunately and we'll tell you what it do to protect yourself. >>> hired and then fired by the gray administration. a one-time mayoral candidate now promising to reveal today what he says is proof that gray's campaign paid him to bad mouth former d.c. mayor adrian fenty. ♪ [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. ♪ first date finest: $33. ♪

. >> coming up next, check out the new many wal-mart that -- mini wal-mart that could be coming to a neighborhood near you. >>> a new grocery chain opened this weekend. you are watching "guide morning maryland" pis -- good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30 in the morning. >>> 5:26. thanks for joining us. if you lived in frederick you have a new place to shop a wegmans opened right off route 15. this wegmans will have an ice cream shop, a vegetable market, you like that? and it's going tonight first to make maryland crab cakes. all this and 400 new jobs to the area. wegmans is ranked number 3 on the top 100 best companies to work for by fortune magazine. >>> meanwhile, wal-mart has now unveiled the first wal-mart express. the goal is to help you quickly find all of the items you need, get in and get out and the style is meant to fit in cities where space is at a premium or in rural areas that cannot support a super store. >>> this week, we are expected to get an announcement from nintendo after two years of shrinking sales of the wii they will unveil the successor at the gaming

although at wal-mart, you get to wear your vest more than once. (applause) >> stephen: wal-mart. the wal-mart. best of all, we now have all of al qaeda's receipts are. so the next time we seize bomb making equipment we can return it for cash. or, if it's been more than 90 days we'll take store credit. the war on terror is going to pay for itself. next up, folks, you know i get great pleasure from the pleasure you get watching me. i like to imagine you heroes out there admiring my flawless skin. my luxurious hair. and my washboard forehead. but tonight i have to give a wag of my finger to hugh heffner who recently tweeted this on behalf of his sell-- himself and his fiancee crystal harris. quote we're watching the daily show and "the colbert report." then it's time to snuggle. good night all. that's right. hugh heffner is watching my show and then snuggling. folks, we all know what happens before snuggling. crying. but before that, it's sex. hugh heffner is getting his pipe cleaned during my show. don't-- no-- no, no (cheers and applause) >> stephen: don't picture it, brain, don't

wal-mart could have faces billions of dollars in damages.uke claimed that male employees were promoted more often and paid more than the female counterpart. after the decision, wal-mart released a statement saying as the majority made clear the plaintiff claim were worlds away showing a company wide discriminatory promotion policy. the court's ruling mean duke and other plaintiffs can move forward with individual lawsuits. but with much less money at stake. less pressure on wal-mart to settle. >>> still ahead, check the tires. all of them. >> wow! the standard feature that is not so standard anymore on several u.s. vehicles. plus -- >> what 75,000 square feet has a big red bow around it and helps feed people? i'm amy hollyfield. i'll have the answer for you after the break. ha you called to switch us to anthem yet? honey, how can i call now, i can barely hear a thing with amber's band practicing. ♪ you're right, we've had enough. but i know exactly what to do. you take care of the music and i'll switch us to anthem. sometimes you just have t

if they had decided in favor of wal-mart, -- in favor of the plaintiffs, it could have cost wal-mart's tens of millions in damages. a change of course in the german energy policy is attracting a russian energy giant, gas from wanting to increase its earnings to the german electricity business -- gazprom. >> they would like to expand their presence in germany as soon as possible. they also like to take a position in power plants. >> in order to replace nuclear energy with natural gas in germany, it is necessary to start investing now. we are currently in talks with the german company e.on, as well as other companies. >> taking a share in german energy companies could be very promising for gazprom, who would get access to the country's power grid. >> we have experience and the corresponding possibilities. we are currently exploring different markets. >> until now, german political leaders have opposed such plans, but that could change as the country phases out nuclear energy. gazprom executives are sure that they can sing and play a greater role in germany. >> thank you very much. a germ

own but they call for the same action and there was a battle brewing on capitol hill today between wal-mart and wall street over debit card fees even though one side lost the real losers in the debate are you and me we don't have high paying lobbyists to fight for their cause. it's was it time for the lone liberal and i take god to conservative expert commentators on the big stories of the week on our pals and i had daniel helper ebony on line editor at the weekly standard and jenny weinstein editor of the daily caller dot com daniel jeannie both based on great to have you guys with us let's get going here unfortunately the big news of the week was winner gate democratic congressman anthony weiner admitted after a week of lying that he did indeed send lewd photos of his junk and carried on internet relationships with a variety of women on facebook and twitter and though he assured everyone that these relationships never became physical if that makes anything better when you're apologize in a press conference on monday but is refusing to step down smelling a lot of the republicans are circli

she is a current greeter at wal-mart.the teams to pay increases and other increases. she will continue to move forward with this case. wal-mart issued a statement that they believe the the court twitter decision. in berkeley, kron 4 news. >> this just in, there are 1000 people in concord that are currently without power. pg&e cannot know the cause. and after jacqueline bennett, she said that perhaps 94 degrees are using that air-conditioning and they do not know when power is going to be restored. clayton road is impacted. open to boulevard. 1000 people, on the map, in concord. currently without power. grant lotus, kron 4 news. >>pam: gabe slate's tech report big changes coming to the internet. it that could help the internet less cluttered make it easier, faster to use. the old . com domain names will no longer be the staple of the web. soon, we could see website ending in dot anything, until now, they had to use .edu, and the others however, now the acronym known as icon, approve the name of.shop, .kids. and the ending

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trade agreement was a garment company named classic it specializes in making clothes mostly for wal-mart but also ains and kohl's and the gap in other products and what goes on behind closed doors at the classic factory will shock you a new report by the institute for global labor and human rights details rampant human rights abuses at the classic factory in jordan the report is titled sexual predators and serial rapists run wild at wal-mart supplier in georgia and you can probably take a guess at what the report is talking about from its title. this factory is filled mostly with women of mostly sri lankan origin because the company doesn't want to pager again ians who would likely ask for higher wages and safer working conditions and these sri lankan women have to work thirteen hours a day seven days a week for sixty one cents an hour their passports are taken away and they're forced to live in cramped dorm rooms that don't have heat or hot water and they are infested with bedbugs but that's not even the worst of it they are also routinely subject to sexual violence they rounded up on a

going to go to wal-mart is that i wal-mart that stuff is actually kind of offensive and gary and i know you go short of cherry because this is obviously people trying to deal with regulating something that they clearly don't understand and because they have no clue how to regulate it they just make everything so vague that you would have not being able to do anything luckily we have a constitution and hopefully this whole thing will be ruled unconstitutional because there's no way to just ban any kind of picture on the internet that might offend somebody at some point you know we have this freedom of speech and i think that it should apply to putting pictures of what everyone should require to have a one developer programmer in every state legislature so they can explain what these rules are i think is a fabulous you know actually because we always talk about how we just i don't know aging college students that are trying to grapple with the internet and all the challenges that it poses and they always just managed to screw things up but let's actually move on to this next story which h

the supreme court has rejected a discrimination case against women and wal- mart. it is the use of when that for the company and can save millions in back pay. >> she was a cashier and greater at this wal-mart. >> my not recall workers have been hankering there in she and four other women fought all lawsuit in san francisco accusing the retailer of discriminating against women. three years later they want permission to have a class action suit with over a million women and joining the action. >> they tried to sweep every woman in america into this class. >> supreme court of justice said it fell short perry >> it is not like the supreme court said wal-mart did not discriminant nate all they said was the structure of this case with oberon million plaintiffs was too big for the court. >> wal-mart called it a victory and it will also have a factor in other lawsuits that have been filed against large companies. >> we will proceed forward and we will continue to believe this case has merit to be judged on her the supreme court has muddied the waters for a class- action l