Featherstone, Liza

Recounts the stories of a group of women who sued Wal-Mart for sexual discrimination and offers an inside look into Wal-Mart's male-dominated corporate culture, which pays women lower wages than men performing the same tasks, denies promotions to more-qualified women, and fails to provide equal opportunities for training.

Examines the origins and history of student anti-sweatshop activism and its primary organization, United Students Against Sweatshops, a network of over 180 North American campus groups founded in 1998, discussing the movement's major successes and challenges, and looking at its links to the contemporary U.S. labor movement, feminism, and struggles for racial justice.