The New York Times, January 6, 2012, Friday

The New York Times

January 6, 2012, Friday

The New York Times (full article)

Labor Board Backs Workers on Joint Arbitration Cases

“This is a big deal,” said Professor Alex Colvin, an expert on mandatory arbitration agreements who teaches at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. “Mandatory arbitration agreements are so widespread, and this would suggest that many of them violate labor law by barring class actions. I also think the business community will be up in arms because you have federal labor law being applied in a nonunion setting.”