In 2005, she told her store manager that she was interested in applying for the higher position of UPC clerk that had just opened, according to the complaint. The manager then assigned her to train for the post a month later, until other employees complained, the complaint alleges.
“Plaintiff avers that after several white associates heard that the plaintiff had received the promotion, they contacted upper management about the position and then she was pulled from training,” the complaint said.
Wal-Mart then posted an ad for the job, and interviewed all the white applicants who responded but refused to interview her, Bethley claims.
The position eventually went to a white woman, the complaint said, noting that Bethley also has another job position in the company, which forces her to work overtime, “something that Wal-Mart employees are alleged not to be able to have.”