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Jilly_in_VA

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Thu Jan 13, 2022, 08:31 PM Jan 2022

Walmart accused of having sexist truck driver uniforms [View all]

The uniforms Walmart requires its truck drivers to wear amount to "blatant sex discrimination" against female workers because they only fit male bodies, a lawsuit alleges.

In a class-action suit filed Tuesday in Alabama, Walmart truck driver Diana Webb said her ill-fitting driver uniform led her to buy garments that closely resembled the retailer's mandatory clothing, according to court documents. Webb, who joined Walmart in July 2020 as a delivery driver, asked to be reimbursed for the clothes, but the company declined, the complaint states.

"This request was denied by her supervisors and [Webb] was told that if she was reimbursed, Walmart would have to reimburse all female drivers and that they declined to do so," the lawsuit states.

Webb's suit argues that Walmart is breaking federal law by not offering uniforms that properly fit women.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-lawsuit-diana-webb-truck-driver-alabama/
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I get this completely. If you have curves, those guy pants DO NOT FIT

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