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Wal-Mart TV ad tells the story of two deaf men's employment discrimination claim against the retail giant
Beginning this week, and for the next two weeks, ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates in Arizona will air a 60-second commercial in Phoenix and Tucson featuring two young men who are deaf telling about their experience filing a lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and later working for Wal-Mart...The commercial is required as a part of the settlement of a contempt action reached last month between the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Fass and Darnell [the two men], and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.