of employment, to waive their right to act collectively with regard to employment actions. (5) Forced individual dispute resolution undermines workers’ rights and exacerbates the inequality of bargaining power between workers and employers because joining a joint, class, or collective action is often the only way workers can afford to seek relief for violations of their rights. (6) Workers who are forced to submit to individual dispute resolution often seek no redress at all due to well-founded fear of retaliation. (7) Protecting the rights of workers to individually or concertedly seek relief for violations of their labor rights through appropriate forums protects the public interest and safeguards commerce from injury. 3. Purposes The purposes of this Act are to— (1) prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that require arbitration of work disputes