Monday, May 21, 2018

Supreme Court Destroys Workers Rights, Corporations Win Again

Article Title: Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights
Snippet of Article: "...The inevitable result, she warned, is that there will be huge underenforcement of federal and state statutes designed to advance the well-being of workers. "[T]he edict that employees with wage and hours claims may seek relief only one-by-one does not come from Congress," Ginsburg writes. "It is the result of take-it-or-leave-it labor contracts harking back to the type called 'yellow dog,' and of the readiness of this Court to enforce those unbargained-for agreements. The FAA demands no such suppression of the right of workers to take concerted action for their 'mutual aid or protection.'" She urged Congress to correct the court's elevation of the arbitration act over workers' rights..."


Source: www.npr.org

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