Judge Compels Cruise Line Employee’s Wage Claims To Arbitration In Philippines

Mealey's (March 27, 2019, 2:11 PM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on March 22 granted a motion filed by a cruise line and its subsidiary to compel arbitration of unpaid wages and other claims, holding that the dispute was subject to an agreement that provides for arbitration of seafarers’ disputes in the Philippines (Fernando Lucina, et al. v. Carnival PLC, et al., No. 17-CV-6849, E.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49371)....