Selling Women Short

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Combining the personal stories of Wal-Mart employees with superb investigative journalism, Liza Featherstone’s new book, “Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers’ Rights at Wal-Mart” is the focus of a panel discussion February 3 (see On The Line). Featherstone’s groundbreaking expose features Betty Dukes, a 54-year-old African American woman from California who filed a claim against Wal-Mart after years of discriminatory treatment and who learned that her experiences were shared by women all over the country. Dukes became the lead plaintiff in Dukes vs Wal-Mart Stores, a class action representing 1.6 million women. Confirmed panelists for the 2/3 events are Featherstone, economist Heather Boushey (Center for Economic and Policy Research), and lawyer and author Beth Shulman (author of “The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans”).