Labor/Employment
Apr. 14, 2020
Arbitration feud escalates between Postmates and couriers
The couriers’ attorneys “could have filed arbitration demands promptly upon being retained, rather than strategically waiting to file any demands before amassing enough clients to file thousands at once to exert maximum settlement pressure,” Postmates’ attorneys said in court documents.
Attorneys who filed arbitration demands against Postmates on behalf of more than 10,000 couriers are not actually interested in "obtaining prompt arbitration of their claims," Postmates said in court filings, which addressed the company's request for a temporary restraining order against the mass action.
Postmates filed an ex parte application for a temporary restraining order last week, after Judge Philip S. Gutierrez of the Cen...
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