Supreme Court Backs Southwest Baggage Worker on Arbitration (2)

The US Supreme Court sided with a Southwest Airlines Co. baggage-handling supervisor seeking to avoid having to go to arbitration with her bid for overtime pay, ruling in a case with possible implications for Uber drivers and Amazon warehouse workers.

The justices unanimously said Monday the supervisor isn’t covered by a 1925 federal law that requires enforcement of agreements to take claims to arbitration rather than to court. The majority said the employee qualified for an exception in that law for workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.

The case was being closely watched because of the potential impact on ...