EMC Target of Sex Discrimination Claims

September 12, 2007 By MARK JEWELL, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- A sex-discrimination lawsuit by two former female employees of EMC Corp. describes a men's locker-room atmosphere at the data storage vendor's sales offices, alleging women were systematically denied equal pay and forced to accompany men on company-paid strip club visits.

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