Submitted by Sarah Jones on Tue, 04/08/2014 - 14:01
Dawn Souto-Coons loved working for Sterling Jewelers and rose to become her store’s top seller, but her passion for the job waned when she discovered that her male colleagues – who had no previous retail jewelry experience—were being paid $1.50 more per hour than the store’s female employees. As it turned out, Dawn and her female coworkers were victims of the retailer’s rampant and illegal pay discrimination.