Thurman v. Bayshore Transit Management, Inc.

Opinion

AARON, J.

In January 2004, Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1309, AFL-CIO (the union), filed a representative action on behalf of its member bus drivers who worked in and around National City, California, alleging that the various defendant employers had violated provisions of the Labor Code1 that require employers to provide meal and rest periods for their employees. In February 2005, the union filed an operative verified third amended *1119complaint, which added a number of individual employees as plaintiffs, including appellant Leander H. Thurman. The named defendants included appellants…