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Collective Bargaining Agreements In Discrimination Cases: Forum Shopping Their Way Into A New York District Court Near You!, George Klidonas
Collective Bargaining Agreements In Discrimination Cases: Forum Shopping Their Way Into A New York District Court Near You!, George Klidonas
George Klidonas
There has recently been a divergence of opinion between the state courts and the district courts in New York on the issue of whether a unionized employee must arbitrate discrimination claims in light of a collective bargaining agreement mandating alternative dispute resolution. The problem that New York is faced with is that the New York courts recently failed to properly delineate a standard of what a clear and unmistakable waiver. Furthermore this "split" between the federal and state courts with regards to these arbitration provisions will cause forum shopping by claimants, heavily favoring federal courts. A trilogy of Supreme Court …