But the Supreme Court’s April 12 ruling that they are in the transportation business opens the door for them to take the dispute to court.

That’s because the FAA — in its very first section — exempts from its mandate several types of workers, such as railroad employees and “any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”

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    Maybe people don’t know the context here.

    That distinction may seem like mere semantics, but it’s actually of enormous consequence for delivery workers with wage-and-hour claims. The Federal Arbitration Act has a carve-out for “workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce,” so if the bakery delivery drivers – or, for that matter, delivery drivers for any sort of interstate product – are transportation workers, they can litigate their claims in a class action. But if they are deemed to be in the bakery business, they’re outside of the FAA’s exemption and can be compelled to arbitrate their claims.

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/trucker-or-baker-appeals-court-splits-over-supreme-court-arbitration-precedent-2022-09-27/

    Edit: I didn’t notice this was “not the onion” so I can see why people may be downvoting. It definitely does seem like an Oniony headline to me as it’s obvious delivery drivers aren’t “baking.”