labor law

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 federal judge in Seattle is hearing arguments over the city's first-in-the-nation law giving Uber, Lyft and taxi drivers the ability to form a union. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has sued to block the law before a Monday deadline for the companies to provide information about their most active drivers to the Teamsters union, which has been selected to represent the drivers... Read