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Supreme Court's Fourth Pro-Worker Ruling on FAA Exemption Has Implications Beyond Bakery Routes

The Supreme Court has delivered its fourth consecutive decision favoring workers in cases involving the Federal Arbitration Act's transportation exemption. The ruling has implications far beyond last-mile bakery operations in Colorado. In a typical arrangement for packaged goods distribution, products are manufactured outside a region and consolidated at a distribution hub serving the Denver area. From there, local operators handle delivery to retail locations. Drivers who operate solely within state boundaries are affected by the decision's classification standards for intrastate movements.