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On August 17, 2004, The Impact Fund and the law firms Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP and Davis, Cowell & Bowe, LLP filed an employment discrimination class action lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corporation. The suit charges that Costco operates a "glass ceiling" at the store-management level which stops women from getting promoted to assistant manager and general manager positions.

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