The US Chamber of Commerce plans to sue the city of Seattle over a law that allows Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize, according to a report today from Reuters. The Chamber, a pro-business and anti-labor American lobbying group, would be wading into the growing debate over the rights and classification of ride-hailing workers, and it's using federal antitrust laws to try and protect the apps from local regulations. The group fears Seattle's ordinance may inspire other "disparate regulatory regimes" that may "inhibit the free flow of commerce among private service providers around the Nation," according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by Reuters.
Seattle became the first state in the country last year to pass a law granting Uber and...
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