The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently decertified a class of female correctional facility employees who alleged gender discrimination based, in part, on a theory of “ambient” harassment. The opinion underscores how the individualized nature of harassment claims can act as a barrier to class certification.
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In a pending NLRB case, an employees’ rights advocacy group, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, filed an amicus brief supporting poultry plant workers seeking to decertify their union, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, even though there was a collective bargaining agreement in place between the UFCW and their employer.
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