White Former AmEx Workers Must Arbitrate Discrimination Claims

Four White former American Express Co. employees must arbitrate their claims that they were forced out because company discriminated against White people during layoffs.

The US District Court for the District of Arizona on Thursday said the plaintiffs didn’t show arbitration agreements each of them signed or didn’t opt out of were unenforceable.

• AmEx implemented an arbitration policy for its workers in 2003, and those who joined the company before then had an option to opt out
• All but one of the plaintiffs were hired in 2010 or after; the one who was hired in 1993 claimed she never received ...