Have filed legal objections to a class action lawsuit

have filed legal objections to a class-action lawsuit
settlement which would continue to misclassify Lyft
employees in California as independent contractors.
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A History of Balancing
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Exhibit 9-5: Major Labor Laws
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Railway Labor Act (RLA) of
1926
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Enacted to limit potential for railroad strikes to
affect interstate commerce
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Provides protection for worker rights to join a
union–no more Yellow Dog contracts
(employee agrees not to join union as a
condition of offer)
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Requires that in major disputes, management
and labor must participate in a negotiation and
mediation process presided by the National
Mediation Board before a strike may be called
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National Labor Relations Act
(NLRA) of 1935 (The Wagner Act)
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Gives employees rights, without fear of
persecution, to . . .
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Self-organize or form, join, or assist labor
organizations
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Bargain collectively through representatives of their
choosing
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Engage in concerted activities to collective bargain
or other mutual aid or protection
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Refrain from such activities unless that right may be
affected by an agreement that requires membership
in a labor organization as a condition of employment
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Labor Management Relations Act
(LMRA) of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)
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Amendment to 1935 NLRA that
rebalanced employer and employee
rights by prohibiting specific unfair
practices by unions , including the
following:
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Jurisdictional and wildcat strikes
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Secondary boycotts
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Union shops
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Coercive tactics
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Right to Work Laws
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Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act
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Permits states to ban the requirement of union
membership as a condition of employment and
to forbid the negotiation of compulsory union
membership provisions.
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Twenty-three “right to work” states ban all
forms of union security which greatly
inhibits union formation in those states.
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11.8 Percent (14.8 Million Workers)
in Unions
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Public-sector workers had a union membership rate (37.0
percent) more than five times higher than that of private-sector
workers (6.9 percent).
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7.6 million employees in the public sector belonged to a union,
compared with 7.2 million union workers in the private sector.
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Workers in education, training, and library occupations had the
highest unionization rate, at 36.8 percent, while the lowest rate
occurred in sales and related occupations (3.0 percent).