Murphy USA is an American corporation operating a chain of retail gas stations that are primarily located in proximity to Walmart stores. It was founded as a spin-off of Murphy Oil in 2013.
Dawn Ross, an employee within Murphy USA’s IT department, testified regarding the online application process.2 Ms. Ross testified all job applicants are required to sign an arbitration agreement as part of their application. In fact, if an applicant does not agree to the terms of the arbitration agreement they are not allowed to proceed with the online application. -Strain v. Murphy USA (2016)
On July 26, 2010, Murphy USA moved for an order enforcing the Agreement, compelling the employees to individually arbitrate their claims, and dismissing the collective action in its entirety, on the basis that the employees had signed the Agreement to arbitrate all claims individually and had thereby waived the right to bring any collective claims or suits pertaining to their wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment. -National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy USA (2016)