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Litigation

Oct. 10, 1998

Workers' Wage Claims May Be Taken to Court

SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for thousands of union workers at the Albertson's grocery chain, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday employees do not surrender the right to assert wage-and-hour claims in court simply because the same rights are covered by arbitration provisions of the union contract.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - In a victory for thousands of union workers at the Albertson's grocery chain, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday employees do not surrender the right to assert wage-and-hour claims in court simply because the same rights are covered by arbitration provisions of the union contract...

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