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    Tech workers' fight against forced arbitration gets a boost in Congress

    by Johana Bhuiyan, Los Angeles Times Mar 01, 2019 2 minutes

    Companies' long-held practice of forcing workers to take disputes with their employers to arbitration instead of suing got a new, broad challenge Thursday, this time from U.S. lawmakers.

    Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., introduced legislation that would end mandatory arbitration clauses nationwide.

    Called the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, the

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