https://lawrecord.com The First Digital Law Journal Sun Apr 26 22:59:40 2026 / +0000 GMT Universal Post Manager 1.1.2 [ www.ProfProjects.com ] http://lawrecord.com/?p=451 Sun Apr 26 22:59:40 2026 / +0000 GMT http://lawrecord.com/?p=451 38 Rutgers L. Rec. 173 (2011) | WestLaw | LexisNexis | PDF On April 1st, 2009 a bitterly divided United States Supreme Court, by a vote of 5-4, turned the world of labor arbitration on its head. The Court's opinion in 14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett overturned 35 years of jurisprudence, grounded in Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. dictum, by establishing that collectively bargained clauses expressly authorizing the arbitration of statutory claims are enforceable, either compelling arbitration or precluding the grant of an award in a judicial action. Grounding their decision, in part, on the prominent “Steelworkers Trilogy” case United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel, the Court in Pyett narrowed the Gardner-Denver Court's view on whether a union can waive a member's right to seek judicial determination of a statutory right. View the entire article -->]]> 451 2011-04-22 10:56:39 2011-04-22 17:56:39