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AP. Washington U.S. Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday from the arguments of the parties to decide whether to proceed with the largest class action ever, alleged employment discrimination by women against Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. The lawsuit could cover between 500,000 and one million 600 thousand women, according to various estimates, and could cost Wal-Mart compensation for the billions of dollars.



One of the applicants is Christine Kwapnoski, who has had anything bad income in almost 25 years he has worked at Wal-Mart. Kwapnoski earns just over 60 thousand dollars a year in a job he enjoys most of the day.



However, she says she has faced obstacles in Sam's Club stores, Wal-Mart in Missouri and California. He says that men earn more than women and that they amount sooner. Kwapnoski says he never heard a supervisor say to a man who "fix" or "take off the cobwebs" makeup, as he told her one occasion.

Once they overcame the fear that they might fire her, added to what has been established as the higher demand for female employment discrimination.

Kwapnoski is 46 years old, single mother of two children and his name appears among the actors of an application which will hear arguments tomorrow, Tuesday the Supreme Court. However, the case is important beyond the simple dispute, as evidenced by the submission of documents by corporate interests in favor of Wal-Mart, on the one hand, and civil rights groups, consumer advocacy groups and groups union, on the other.

The case is crucial to the viability of discrimination claims, which become powerful tools to compel changes when presented collectively.

Source: La Prensa.com