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In 2016, Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI), Rep. Henry Hank Johnson (D-GA), Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Rep. Walter B. Jones (D-NC), Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN), and other House members sponsored H.R. 5426, the Justice for…
Many people came to my side. In fact, 20 Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle...
I think this is a military readiness issue.
In 2017, Subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline (D-RI), Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson (D-GA), Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), Rep. Walter B. Jones (D-NC), Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN), and other House members sponsored H.R. 2631, the Justice for…
Courage is contagious . . . and the cultural revolution we're experiencing right now . . . is long overdue.
If you actually have a choice, then why wouldn't we let the American people do that?
That is exactly why Congress enacted USERRA, so that no service member who is asked to leave their job to fight for our country would ever have to worry about fighting for their job when they returned home.
Your bill, the Justice for Service Members Act, would simply clarify that service Members cannot be required to arbitrate their employment claims under USERRA.
Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that some employers do not support their Reservist employees.
Hopefully, this hearing is going to help bring that--
I hope both parties will work together to restore the legal rights of all Americans, which are often eviscerated by forced arbitration agreements.
These laws are ultimately meaningless if employers are able to sidestep accountability for breaking these laws.
Far from it. As the Supreme Court noted in 1967 in the Prima Paint decision, the legislative history of the law makes clear that Congress did not intend for parties with unequal bargaining power to be forced to arbitrate claims on a…
This is not about foisting this on people who don't consent through take-it-or-leave-it contracts.
I urge you to support and enact legislation to end forced arbitration.
It is up to Congress to reverse this dangerous trend.
The Judiciary Committee will come to order.
We are talking about making it voluntary. We are talking about making it post-dispute, so that they can decide.