Baricuatro v. Industrial Personnel & Management Services, Inc.

ORDER AND REASONS

KURT D. ENGELHARDT, District Judge.

Before the Court is a “Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue under 12(b)(3) or, Alternatively, Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings Pending Arbitration” (Rec. Doc. 214), filed by defendants V Manpower Philippines (“V People”) and Pacific Ocean Manning Inc. (“POMI”).

I. BACKGROUND:

The plaintiffs are Filipino workers (including welders and pipe fitters) who allege that they were fraudulently recruited in the Philippines, given E-2 or B-l/OCS visas, and then brought to Louisiana, where they were exploited in the oil and gas industry…