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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Jenkins partially grants a pharmacy chain’s motion to dismiss unfair labor allegations brought by a class of call center workers who say the chain compelled them to perform unpaid labor — booting up and shutting down the call center’s computer systems — before the start and after the close of every shift. The court denies the chain’s motion to compel arbitration, finding that the arbitration clause in the workers’ contracts do not extend to the claims they allege here. The court also denies dismissal on personal jurisdiction grounds, finding it is still too early in the case to determine whether the Northern District of Illinois has that jurisdiction. However, the court does dismiss the workers’ overtime law violation allegations without prejudice, finding they have failed to state a claim but could easily do so with an amended complaint.