Union members' BIPA claims must be resolved through collective bargaining, Rosenstengel rules | Madison
Rosenstengel EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel dismissed nine union members from a privacy invasion action against nursing homes on Dec. 14, leaving two plaintiffs to carry on. She ruled that union members must resolve claims against homes in the Symphony Acute Care Network through collective bargaining agreements. District courts of the Seventh Circuit “have consistently found that Biometric Information Privacy Act claims from unionized employees are preempted by federal law,” she wrote. She also denied a motion to remand the acti...
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