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The Barrett Johnston law firm represents three Tennessee women who have filed a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. alleging widespread gender discrimination throughout Wal-Mart’s Region 43, which centers in Tennessee and also includes parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi

The lawsuit, titled Phipps, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. 3:12-cv-01009, M.D. Tenn., seeks an end to Wal-Mart’s discriminatory practices regarding the pay and promotion of female employees in stores throughout the region and punitive damages for the women in the class. 

Evidence in the case shows that women who hold salaried and hourly positions in Region 43 stores have been paid far less than men in comparable positions, although on average the women have more seniority and higher performance ratings than men.  In addition, Region 43 Wal-Mart female workers were promoted far less frequently than men, and those who eventually were promoted waited significantly longer than their male counterparts.

In a statement, Plaintiff Cheryl Phipps said:  “We seek justice for ourselves and all Wal-Mart women workers in this region who have been denied equal pay and opportunities for promotion.   Many of us have waited more than a decade to have our day in court to fight for the pay and advancement opportunities that we rightly deserved.”

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