January 20, 2021
Postmates Inc. must arbitrate the claims of thousands of delivery drivers who say the company misclassified them to avoid wage obligations, a California federal judge has ruled, rejecting the company's argument that a state law governing the enforcement of such pacts is unconstitutional.
January 13, 2021
Couriers who are fighting to uphold a California law that allows them to sue companies that don't timely pay arbitration fees urged a federal judge Wednesday to reject delivery service Postmates' challenge of the law, saying there is no evidence S.B. 707 causes companies to abandon the arbitration process.
October 16, 2020
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce cannot file an amicus brief supporting Postmates' challenge to a California law that lets workers sue if companies take too long to pay arbitration fees, couriers facing a suit by the delivery service have told a federal judge, arguing the Chamber's views would add nothing to the case.
October 06, 2020
Postmates has urged a California federal judge to rule in its favor on three claims in arbitration proceedings lodged by more than 10,000 couriers who allege they were cheated out of wages, arguing that the state's arbitration law is unconstitutional and is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act.
April 16, 2020
A California federal judge on Wednesday rejected Postmates' emergency bid to pause arbitration proceedings lodged by more than 10,000 couriers who allege they were cheated out of wages, concluding that Postmates is unlikely to win its argument that the workers have wrongfully filed "de facto class arbitration."
April 10, 2020
Postmates workers slammed the delivery app company's request to pause arbitration proceedings lodged by more than 10,000 couriers who allege they were cheated out of wages, arguing that Postmates is running an "inexcusably tardy" fire drill that has "no hope of success" and should be hit with sanctions.
March 26, 2020
Postmates asked a California federal judge to block more than 10,000 workers from simultaneously pursuing wage claims in arbitration, and to rip up a new state law letting workers haul employers into court if they take too long to pay arbitration fees.