Woods

FACTS

Woods worked at JFK as a registered nurse between September 2005 and July 2012. All of the nurses who worked at JFK during the relevant time were covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiated between JFK and the Service Employees International Union. Three different CBAs were in effect during the time Woods was employed. JFK is, apparently, owned by Tenet. At the time he began working for JFK, Woods signed an “Employee Acknowledgement Form” (Acknowledgment). The Acknowledgement Woods signed was five paragraphs and approximately 540 words long. Paragraph four states: “In addition, I acknowledge that I have received and reviewed a copy of the Tenet Fair Treatment Process [FTP] brochure. I hereby voluntarily agree to use the Company’s Fair Treatment Process and to submit to final and binding arbitration any and all claims and disputes that are related in any way to my employment or the termination of my employment with Tenet. I understand that final and binding arbitration will be the sole and exclusive remedy for any such claim or dispute against Tenet or its parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies or entities, and each of its and/or their employees,…