Ex-Delta Star Worker’s Wage Lawsuit Class Bid Fails in Court

A former worker with Delta Star Inc. an industrial equipment supplier, lost his bid to certify a class in his suit involving a range of alleged California wage law violations.

The non-union worker’s claims aren’t typical of a class with 90% union membership, said Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the US District Court for the Northern District of California in a Thursday order rejecting his class certification motion.

Beeler’s denial of Max Wilson’s motion laid out instead nine subclasses of current and former non-exempt employees.

Wilson alleges Delta Star violated labor laws involving unpaid overtime, meal period premiums and minimum ...