Uber Drivers Suing for Better Pay Lose Critical Court Ruling
- Appeals panel decision was expected after Supreme Court ruling
- Drivers’ lawyer vows to fight Uber case-by-case in arbitration
The Uber Technologies Inc. logo is seen on the windshield of a vehicle in New York.
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Uber Technologies Inc. drivers suffered a major defeat in one of the gig economy’s most closely watched labor fights with a ruling barring hundreds of thousands of drivers from suing as a group for better pay and benefits.
Tuesday’s decision by a federal appeals court in San Francisco wasn’t unexpected after the U.S Supreme Court in May bolstered the power of employers to force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits.