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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 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

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the city of Seattle over a law that allows drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize over pay and working conditions. The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court says the ordinance violates and is pre-empted by federal antitrust law and illegally allows for-hire drivers to get together and set rates. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Uber or Lyft service in the air? Not quite, says a federal appeals court. A ruling by the court in Washington says private pilots won't be allowed to offer flight-sharing services to the public. Some pilots were looking to provide air lifts using an Internet model similar to those used by Uber or Lyft...