On Monday, the Ninth Circuit affirmed the Northern District of California's decision allowing Uber Technologies Inc.'s motion to compel arbitration and denying the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. The plaintiffs are Massachusetts Uber drivers led by John Capriole who claimed they should not be classified as independent contractors. When the plaintiffs signed up to work for Uber, they agreed to Uber's 2015 Technology Services Agreement, "which advised Plaintiffs of a mandatory arbitration agreement, governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)," the filing said explaining the ruling. Uber classifies all of its workers as independent contractors instead of employees, which means that each driver is "required to pay business expenses (such as the cost of maintaining their vehicles, gas, insurance, phone and data expenses, as well as other costs), they have no guaranteed minimum wage or overtime premiums, and they do not accrue paid sick leave," the filing explained.