32BJ SEIU on SCOTUS CLASS ACTION and ARBITRATION DECISION

32BJ SEIU on SCOTUS CLASS ACTION and ARBITRATION DECISION

 

The following statement is attributable to Kevin Brown, Vice President and New Jersey State Director of 32BJ SEIU:

 

“The Supreme Court decision is an assault on the overwhelming majority of working people who will now be forced to sign away some of their rights in order to work. This decision gives a major victory to unscrupulous corporations who wish to further rig the system against working people. By making it as difficult as possible for employers to be accountable for wage theft, discrimination and pay inequity, the Supreme Court is sending a message that the rights of corporations matter more than those of working people.

 

“As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg noted in the dissent, ‘there is strength in numbers’ and any attempt to dismantle that strength will harm vulnerable workers. Employees should not have to sign away their rights to have a job. It is now up to Congress to act to stop this egregious decision from harming millions of Americans.”

 

La 32BJ SEIU sobre LA DECISIÓN de la CORTE SUPREMA sobre ACCIÓN JUDICIAL COLECTIVA y ARBITRAJE

“Esta decisión de la Corte Suprema es un asalto a la vasta mayoría de la gente trabajadora que ahora se verá forzada a renunciar a algunos de sus derechos con el fin de tener empleo. Esta decisión le otorga una gran victoria a las inescrupulosas corporaciones que desean manipular aún más el sistema en contra de la gente trabajadora. Al impedir lo más posible que los empleadores se hagan responsables por los hurtos de salarios, la discriminación y la desigualdad de salarios, la Corte Suprema está enviando un claro mensaje que los derechos de las corporaciones importan más que los de la gente trabajadora.

“Como indicó la Jueza Ruth Bader Ginsberg en su opinión contraria, ‘hay poder en los números’ y todo intento de desmantelar ese poder perjudicará a trabajadores vulnerables. Los empleados no tienen porqué renunciar a sus derechos para tener un empleo. Le corresponde ahora al Congreso intervenir para evitar que tan ignominioso veredicto perjudique a millones de americanos.”

 

 

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With 163,000 members in eleven states and Washington, D.C., including over 12,000 in New Jersey, 32BJ SEIU is the largest property service workers union in the country.

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