National Institute for Workers' Rights

Advancing workers’ rights through research, thought leadership, and education for policymakers, advocates, and the public.

Home
Focus Areas
Support
- Ways to Support Our Work
- The Power of Cy Pres to Advance Workers’Rights
- Support
- Get updates on employee rights in the news and in the courts!
  
  This field is hidden when viewing the form
  Next Steps: Sync an Email Add-On
  To get the most out of your form, we suggest that you sync this form with an email add-on. To learn more about your email add-on options, visit the following page (https://www.gravityforms.com/the-8-best-email-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2020/). Important: Delete this tip before you publish the form.
  Name(Required)
  First Last
  Email(Required)
About
- About the Institute
- Staff
- Board of Directors
- About Us
- Contact Us
  - National Institute for Workers' Rights
    1800 Sutter Street, Suite 210
    Concord, CA 94520
    
    Washington, DC Office
    C/O AFL-CIO
    815 Black Lives Matter Plaza NW
    Washington DC, 20006
Contact Us
Donate
- Search

Timeline Stories

The Court rules that it is for a court to decide whether the FAA’s Section 1 “contract of employment” exemption applies, regardless of the presence of a delegation provision in an arbitration clause, and that the exemption covers all classifications of workers.

June 16, 2019

By NIWR

New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, 586 U.S._(2019)(slip opinion) Relevant Facts: A truck driver sued for wage and hour violations. The employer invoked an arbitration clause containing a delegation provision […]

Finding that employees’ statutory civil rights exist independently of their contractual rights, the Court holds that employees are entitled to judicial review of Title VII claims, and actions to enforce those rights are not limited to decisions rendered by arbitrators.

February 7, 2019

By NIWR

Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co., 415 U.S. 36 (1974) Relevant Facts: An employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement alleged that he was fired because of racial discrimination. After filing […]

The Court holds that the right to a particular court’s jurisdiction and other procedural protections are waivable via a valid forum-selection clause.

February 7, 2019

By NIWR

The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1 (1972) Relevant Facts: A contract between two companies contained a forum-selection clause requiring any litigation to proceed in London. Later, […]

Next Steps: Sync an Email Add-On

Timeline Stories

Footer