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Subject: Two latest major cases of the glass-ceiling against women
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Asked by: visaobien-ga
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Posted: 18 Nov 2003 13:52 PST
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Question ID: 277167
I need to find out what where and when of the two latest major cases
of the glass-ceiling against women, not minority, and the result of
the cases.

Clarification of Question by visaobien-ga on 20 Nov 2003 11:13 PST
I will need this the information in with in two weeks for it to be any
helpful. Many thanks in advance.

Clarification of Question by visaobien-ga on 21 Nov 2003 18:28 PST
they don't have to be the most recent. anything within the last 5 to 7
years will work. Thank you.
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Subject: Re: Two latest major cases of the glass-ceiling against women
Answered By: belindalevez-ga on 28 Nov 2003 06:24 PST
 
<I have found two cases where settlements have been agreed and
references to other cases.

Luciano v Olsten, 93 CV 4953.
The plaintiff was awarded $5 million in damages and $180,000 in back
pay, expenses and emotional distress. This site also gives references
to other cases.
http://jonaswelsch.com/articles/glass.html

Settlement reached. Class action agains Lawrence National Laboratory.
The case was that thousands of female employees were denied equal pay
and promotional opportunities at Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory. 3,000 women sued the company.
Over $10.6 million.
http://www.tlpj.org/pr/llnl_settlement_112003.htm

Review of cases
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:USKhP0GTBzMJ:www.lexopolis.com/salsb/proc/2002rudin.pdf+%22glass+ceiling%22+case&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Wal Mart accused of bias.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/walmart_women010619.html>


<Search strategy:>

<"glass ceiling" case 2003>
<://www.google.com/search?q=%22glass+ceiling%22+case+2003&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=10&sa=N>

<"glass ceiling" sued>
<://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=%22glass+ceiling%22+sued>

<Hope this helps.>
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Subject: Re: Two latest major cases of the glass-ceiling against women
From: pinkfreud-ga on 20 Nov 2003 11:41 PST
 
One reason why your question has not been answered is that it's very
difficult for a Researcher to be certain of finding the "latest"
cases. While we can find recent cases, guaranteeing that they are the
*most* recent is next to impossible.
Subject: Re: Two latest major cases of the glass-ceiling against women
From: visaobien-ga on 26 Nov 2003 10:08 PST
 
they don't have to be the most recent. anything within the last 5 to 7
years will work. Thank you.

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