{"product_id":"9780786738168","title":"Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart","description":"On television, Wal-Mart employees are smiling women delighted with their jobs. But reality is another story. In 2000, Betty Dukes, a fifty-two-year-old black woman in Pittsburg, California, became the lead plaintiff in \u003ci\u003eDukes v. Wal-Mart Stores\u003c\/i\u003e, a class action, representing 1.6 million women. In her explosive investigation of this historic lawsuit, journalist Liza Featherstone reveals how Wal-Mart, a self-styled \"family-oriented,\" Christian company: Deprives women (but not men) of the training they need to advance. Relegates women to lower-paying jobs like selling baby clothes, reserving the more lucrative positions for men. Inflicts punitive demotions on employees who object to discrimination. Exploits Asian women in its sweatshops in Saipan, a U.S. commonwealth. Featherstone goes on to reveal the creative solutions that Wal-Mart workers around the country have found, like fighting for unions, living-wage ordinances, and childcare options. \u003ci\u003eSelling Women Short\u003c\/i\u003e combines the personal stories of these employees with superb investigative journalism to show why women who work these low-wage jobs are getting a raw deal, and what they are doing about it. A new preface to the paperback edition will reflect on Wal-Mart's response to this lawsuit and its critics-including this one.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127678714096,"sku":"9780786738168","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786738168_p0.jpg?v=1763665726","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786738168","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}