STEVE INSKEEP, Host: Gender discrimination charges against Wal-Mart starts the business news today.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: A San Francisco judge says the case against Wal-Mart can proceed. It's a class-action lawsuit, meaning everybody affected becomes a plaintiff. It could potentially involve one million women, though Wal- Mart is appealing this ruling. The suit started in 2001, when a Wal-Mart worker sued. She claimed that women were routinely steered away from management. She said they were steered into jobs like cashier with little chance for promotion.
A federal appeals court ruled that a landmark sex-discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart may proceed as class-action case. More than 1 million women could be included in the class, after the 6-5 ruling by the Ninth Circuit court on Monday.