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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. VanDyke partially affirmed a district court order denying the employer’s motion to compel arbitration in a class action suit alleging violations of California labor laws. During the pertinent period of employment, the employees worked at a California warehouse facility, which received Adidas watches, apparel, and shoes from mostly international locations. Although the employees moved goods only a short distance across the warehouse floor and onto storage racks, they nevertheless moved them, and with the direct purpose of facilitating their continued travel through an interstate supply chain. Further, the fact that the employer is in the warehousing business, not directly in the transportation industry, does not mean the employees cannot claim the transportation worker exemption of the Federal Arbitration Act. Affirmed in part.