SAVE THE DATE! Selling Women Short: A Panel on Wal-Mart and Its Workers
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and Public Citizen invite you to an event with Liza Featherstone, author of the new book, Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers¹ Rights at Wal-Mart. Copies of the book will be sold at the event.
When: Thursday, February 3, 2005 - 6:00-8:00 p.m. Where: Provisions Library, 1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW (Just north of Dupont Circle) Food will be served
Featherstone¹s groundbreaking expose combines the personal stories of Wal-Mart employees with superb investigative journalism. Betty Dukes, a 54-year-old African American woman from California, filed a claim against Wal-Mart after years of discriminatory treatment. She soon learned that her experiences were not unique, but in fact shared by women all over the country. Betty became the lead plaintiff in Dukes vs Wal-Mart Stores, a class action representing 1.6 million women.
Come to the engaging space of Provisions Library where our panelists and guests will explore labor market, political, economic, and other dimensions of the Wal-Mart phenomenon. Participants will discuss actions that might increase the respect afforded all workers, including the pending sex discrimination class action lawsuit.
Confirmed Panelists LIZA FEATHERSTONE Author, Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers¹ Rights at Wal-Mart HEATHER BOUSHEY Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research BETH SHULMAN Lawyer and Author, The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans
RSVP by February 1 to Patrick McElwee at mcelwee at cepr.net or 202-387-5084