WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that airline baggage handlers cannot be compelled to resolve employment disputes through individual private arbitration, underscoring the trend of recent decisions by workers to employers. Avoiding brought class-action lawsuits just got easier.
writing for courtjustice Clarence Thomas Said baggage handlers are expressly exempted from the legislation of the Federal Arbitration Act, 1925, which allows employers to make it a condition of employment that workers agree to the mandatory arbitration of workplace disputes.