SF Trial Lawyers View of Arbitration As A Condition of Employment Is ...

well, what you would expect. See the opinion piece in the Sacramento Bee. Ultimately, the dispute over arbitration as a condition of employment is part of the ongoing tension over the balance of control over 'a job' between the entity that provides the employment and a potential employee. Clearly society no longer is willing to give employers unfettered discretion even over private jobs, so the question becomes how much control it will demand and how much the system will permit.