Amalgamated Transit Union Int'l v. U.S. Dept. of Labor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Amalgamated Transit Union, International, No. 2:20-cv-00953-KJM-DB ORDER Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Labor, et al., Defendants, State of California, Defendant-Intervenor 19 The Amalgamated Transit Union and several affiliated local unions filed this action to challenge the United States Department of Labor’s decision to certify the California Public Employee Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) under section 13(c)(2) of the federal Urban Mass Transportation Act (UMTA). That section requires, as a condition of federal funding, that the Department certify any arrangements between a government agency and affected transit employees as “fair and equitable,” among several other listed conditions. See 49 U.S.C. § 5333(b). This case was originally filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia but was…