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SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Seattle's first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik ruled Tuesday after hearing arguments last week in a case brought by the U...

SEATTLE (AP) — A judge has dismissed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lawsuit against Seattle's new ordinance that gives drivers for ride-hailing companies the ability to unionize over pay and working conditions. The Seattle Times reports that the judge called the suit premature Tuesday, saying the Chamber doesn't yet have standing to challenge the law because it hasn't yet been harmed by it... Read