This whole essay got lost in my mail but I'm glad it was in my archive. Magnificently written. I could not agree with you more. Noncompete contracts and this who force employees to submit to private arbitration are blatant attempts to "legally" reduce people to chattel slavery. I won't mention names, but one of our two major parties has been would-be enslavers for generations. That shameful impulse seems to be in their very DNA now. Thank you for this important piece.
This whole essay got lost in my mail but I'm glad it was in my archive. Magnificently written. I could not agree with you more. Noncompete contracts and this who force employees to submit to private arbitration are blatant attempts to "legally" reduce people to chattel slavery. I won't mention names, but one of our two major parties has been would-be enslavers for generations. That shameful impulse seems to be in their very DNA now. Thank you for this important piece.