Uber Wage Class Complaint Dismissed Due To Clear Arbitration Agreement

(January 3, 2017, 1:15 PM EST) -- DETROIT — An arbitration provision agreed to by Uber Technologies Inc. drivers “clearly and unmistakably” provides that an arbitrator must decide the issue of arbitrability, a Michigan federal judge ruled Dec. 27, granting a motion to compel arbitration of a wage class complaint filed by two drivers (Arthur Zawada, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., et al., No. 16-11334, E.D. Mich.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178582)....