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The National Labor Relations Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1935 to prevent labor strife by encouraging collective bargaining, protecting concerted activity and curtailing certain unfair labor... more +

Which Are They? Independent Contractors Or Employees? Navigating The Conflicts Between State And Federal Law

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/3/2019

UberX and UberBLACK Drivers Are Not Employees for Purposes of the NLRA - According to the NLRB General Counsel’s Division of Advice (GC), Uber’s UberX and UberBLACK drivers are independent contractors exempt from the...more

Seattle Ordinance Giving Drivers Right To Collectively Bargain Not Preempted By NLRA

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/11/2018

A landmark law giving drivers of app-based transportation companies, such as Uber and Lyft, the right to collectively bargain is not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act, a three-member panel of the Ninth Circuit...more

Seattle Ordinance Allowing Ride-Sharing Drivers To Unionize Temporarily Blocked By Ninth Circuit

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/6/2017

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked enforcement of the City of Seattle’s Ordinance 124968, which grants certain collective bargaining rights to independent contractors who drive for ride-sharing...more

Executive Labor Summary - September / October 2016

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 10/25/2016

NEWS & ANALYSIS - Class arbitration cases continue to stack up at Supreme Court. The National Labor Relations Board on September 9 petitioned the Court for certiorari in NLRB v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. The lower court...more

Uber Complicated? State and Local Labor Law May Fill in Federal Gaps

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 12/22/2015

Last week, Seattle passed a historic law that would allow Uber drivers – whom Uber has steadfastly maintained are independent contractors despite legal challenges – to organize, form a union, and bargain over the terms and...more

Seattle City Council Passes Union Legislative Over Mayor’s Objections

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on 12/16/2015

On December 14, 2015, the Seattle City Council passed a highly controversial bill purporting to allow individuals who drive for transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft to unionize. The law would further permit...more

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