“Workers have a fundamental right to band together to pursue legal action against their employers and hold them accountable if they violate their employees’ rights and break the law.”
—Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project
NELP Statements & Related Briefs on Forced Arbitration:
SCOTUS Forced Arbitration Case Could End Worker Class-Action Lawsuits, Amicus Brief Warns: Labor unions and worker rights groups filed an amicus brief today, explaining to the Court that employers cannot be allowed to use arbitration agreements to force workers challenging employer misconduct to give up their legally protected right to pursue legal action together as a class or group.
NELP’s General Counsel & Program Director Cathy Ruckelshaus outlines how forced arbitration removes workers’ fundamental right to join together in legal action.
“Workers have a fundamental right to band together to pursue legal action against their employers and hold them accountable if they violate their employees’ rights and break the law.”
—Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project
NELP Statements & Related Briefs on Forced Arbitration:
SCOTUS Forced Arbitration Case Could End Worker Class-Action Lawsuits, Amicus Brief Warns: Labor unions and worker rights groups filed an amicus brief today, explaining to the Court that employers cannot be allowed to use arbitration agreements to force workers challenging employer misconduct to give up their legally protected right to pursue legal action together as a class or group.
NELP’s General Counsel & Program Director Cathy Ruckelshaus outlines how forced arbitration removes workers’ fundamental right to join together in legal action.
