Workers Shouldn’t Have to Sign Away Their Rights to Class Action Lawsuits

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Executive Summary

In his classic book, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, the political scientist A.O Hirschman argued that dissatisfaction with a product, service, relationship, or other outcome can give rise to two broad options: one can walk away (exit) or try to change the outcome by engagement (voice). In the labor market, exit and voice takes the form of either quitting a job or using channels — unions, internal dispute resolution, rights granted by government—to seek changes in conditions at work. A May 2018 Supreme Court decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis poses a grave…

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