Supporters cheer during a December meeting when the Seattle City Council voted to approve a measure that would allow ride sharing drivers for Uber and Lyft to unionize in Seattle.(Reuters/Matt Mills McKnight) When the members of the Seattle City Council passed a law in December allowing for-hire drivers to form unions — meaning those who drive for Uber and Lyft as well as traditional taxi companies — they knew it was untested legal territory. The mayor even declined to sign the measure, citing the "significant costs associated with defending this bill in the courts." The question wasn't whether someone would sue the city over it, the only question was when. What the bill's proponents didn't...
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