Title: Tales from the boom-boom room : women vs. Wall Street /
Authors: Antilla, Susan, 1954-
Publisher: Bloomberg Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Women stockbrokers New York (State) New York.; Sexual harassment of women New York (State) New York.; Sexual harassment of women Law and legislation United States.; Sex discrimination in employment New York (State) New York.
Abstract: As the bull market of the late 1990s soared toward its denouement, America's second-largest brokerage house, Salomon Smith Barney, was hit with a lawsuit that it initially described as having no merit. Three women employees from Garden City, New York, were alleging a pattern of extreme sexual harassment and sex discrimination at their branch office. But they were not to stand alone. A few months later, a similar lawsuit was filed against Merrill Lynch, the nation's biggest brokerage. Soon the plaintiffs in these class actions numbered in the thousands, their bizarre stories streaming in from Manhattan to California. Suits at other firms followed. -- Book Jacket.