The Technology 202: These Googlers are dialing Washington to demand an end to forced arbitration
Google employees are lobbying to end forced arbitration altogether. The employees have organized a massive phone bank to inundate Congress with calls tomorrow. They’re demanding Congress to pass the legislation so that employees who bring sexual harassment or discrimination claims can have a fair trial in front of a jury. The organizers of this phone bank are also in communication with other tech companies and beyond, such as PayPal and Starbucks. It hopes to bring about change so that all workers have the same rights under the law. Companies such as Uber, Facebook, and Microsoft have changed their policies on forced arbitration during the height of the MeToo movement in 2017.
See "The Technology 202: These Googlers are dialing Washington to demand an end to forced arbitration", Cat Zakrzewski, The Washington Post, April 30, 2019