'Greeter' becomes face of fight vs. Wal-Mart

[Duer 157099]

Source: Associated Press

PITTSBURG — As a "greeter," the cheerful Betty Dukes is one of the first employees customers usually see as they walk through the front doors of the Wal-Mart store here.

As the first "named plaintiff" in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the ordained Baptist minister also is the face of the largest gender bias class action lawsuit in U.S. history — one that could cost the world's largest private employer billions.

Her dual roles have turned her into a civil rights crusader for the company's many critics, who have dubbed the legal battle "Betty v. Goliath." It is a far cry from where Dukes expected to be when she enthusiastically accepted an offer in 1994 to work the cash registers part-time for $5 an hour. She dreamed of turning around a hard life by advancing, through work and determination, into Wal-Mart corporate management.

Read more: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100501/BUSINESS/100509988/1350?Title=Bay-Area-woman-becomes-face-of-fight-vs-Wal-Mart

[Hannah Bell]

1. cue the walbots....

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. of all people to worry about 'defenders' of ANYTHING... n/t

[Hannah Bell]

8. yes, because defending multinational corporations is

*precisely* like defending scapegoated individuals and groups.

[underpants]

2. Oh that is just so sweet

Her story is perfect-which is probably no accident
AND
"Dukes" is like a keyword to white conservatives. The salivate on it.

[Ken Burch]

3. White conservatives salivate on the Dukes?

(Seriously, though, I'm glad that this suit has been filed and wish a victory to Ms. Dukes and all the other plaintiffs.)

[pipoman]

4. Guessing the poster meant this non-plural Duke

[Ken Burch]

5. Well, you never see him and Bo and Luke in the same photo.

(I guess Sheriff Roscoe DID teach ONE Duke boy a lesson!)

[pipoman]

11. I think you may be onto something here...

[underpants]

10. I actually forgot about that Duke

but they love that too

[pipoman]

12. A GREAT Republicant he is

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. Dukes Mayo makes a mean tomato sandwich! n/t

[underpants]

9. Yes they do

Duke basketball especially

The Duke brothers too

they LOVE that stuff

[fascisthunter]

13. stop picking on one of the worst companies out there

and the fascist family that owns it...

[RubyDuby in GA]

14. Wow. I was so not surprised by this little tidbit:

"The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, fearful that a ruling in Dukes' favor will expose other companies to costly lawsuits, have filed briefs urging dismissal of the complaint."