The Supreme Court has ruled for employers who want to force unionized workers to pursue their age discrimination claims through arbitration instead of a federal lawsuit... [The] court said an arbitration agreement negotiated between an employer and a union is binding on workers and strips them of their option to take complaints to court... The lawsuit came after night duty watchmen [employed by Temco Service Industries] were reassigned to jobs as night porters and light duty cleaners... The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City ruled that "a collective bargaining agreement could not waive covered workers' rights to a judicial forum for causes of action created by Congress" like the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The high court's majority disagreed... The case is 14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett...