Supreme Court to Decide If Wonder Bread Truck Drivers Are Exempt From Arbitration

Drivers who deliver Wonder Bread argue that their wage dispute should remain in the court system.

The Washington Supreme Court, on Feb. 8, 2024. Julia Nikhinson/Getty Images

The Supreme Court is to determine whether truck drivers for the company that makes Wonder Bread are considered transportation workers who are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA).

The FAA, enacted in 1925, contains a provision that the justices wrestled with during oral arguments on Feb. 20. The provision shields from compulsory arbitration all “contracts of employment of seamen, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”