For many companies, non-compete agreements are used to protect trade secrets, business plans and intellectual property. But why is Jimmy John’s, a sandwich chain, requiring its low wage workers to sign non-compete agreements? These agreements do not allow employees to work for a competing sandwich shop for a period of two years following their employment …
We were mad as hell after reading the excellent article on non-compete causes by Danny Westneat of the Seattle Times. Mr. Westneat described the absurdity and unfairness of employers forcing non-compete agreements on low-wage workers – thus limiting or even eliminating the employees’ future job options –and then going even further and suing those …
Two Lawyers Explain Why There’s No Legitimate Reason For Most Non-Compete Clauses Read More »
After a harsh anti-union campaign and a failed union vote, some workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee will finally be allowed to be represented by a union—more than one, if they so choose. Volkswagen recently introduced a new policy that allows a variety of unions different tiers of representational rights based on the …
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“My experience is that the greatest aid to efficiency of labor is a long line of [unemployed] men waiting at the gate.” — Magnate Samuel Insull, 1920s Economists strive for “efficiency” in our economy. “Efficiency” means that the things we buy are produced at their lowest possible cost. The wages that working people are paid …
Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.
