Mission Foods Can Arbitrate Wage Lawsuit With Distributor

A distributor for Mission Foods must arbitrate its wage claims with the food manufacturer, a federal judge said.

The distribution agreement between Grant Adler, Charles Adler, Charles Adler’s company C.M. Adler LLC, and Gruma Corporation, which does business as Mission Foods, included a valid arbitration provision governed by Texas Law and, if necessary, the Federal Arbitration Act, the District of New Jersey said.

The Adlers brought 14 federal and New Jersey claims in their wage suit and alleged Mission Foods misclassified them as independent contractors when they are actually franchisees.

The court rejected the Adlers’ argument that New Jersey law ...