7th Circuit: Airplane Cargo Loaders Are Exempted From Federal Arbitration Act

Mealey's (April 13, 2021, 11:18 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Airplane cargo loaders and ramp supervisors are engaged in interstate commerce and are thus transportation workers exempted from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled March 31, reversing a trial court’s judgment compelling arbitration of a wage-and-hour lawsuit....