Mandatory Arbitration Undercuts Rights
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Even the words “mandatory arbitration” sound chilling [“Decision Frees Workers From Mandatory Arbitration Rule,” May 12]--especially when your employer “mandates” it as a condition of employment.
Or your bank insists on it if you want to park your money with them (and they get to choose the arbitrators). And how about when you are sick, go to your doctor’s office and are handed a mandatory arbitration clause to sign?
It is reassuring that the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has sent a clear message that private industry has no more authority than does the government to deny a basic constitutional right, the right to a fair trial.
RUSSELL NORDSTROM
President-elect
Consumer Attorneys Assn.
of Los Angeles
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