Court Challenges Worker’s Rights

This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site takes a look at a recent Supreme Court decision and its’ impact on worker’s rights.

For the first time, the Court ruled by a vote of 5 to 4 that private-sector, nonunion employees are not allowed to band together to sue their employer. In other words: imagine that your employer has violated federal labor laws by paying you less than minimum wage or engaging in sexual harassment. You speak with some of your coworkers and realize that the same thing has been happening to them, too. According to the Court’s recent decision, you would not be allowed to band together with your coworkers to sue your employer. Rather, each of you would have to bring your own personal class action suit–which means you would also have to shoulder the legal fees all by yourself.

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