In this fourth episode in our four-part series on the War on Independent Contractors, Karen Anderson, founder of Freelancers Against AB5—a Facebook group of more than 18,000 Californians impacted by the state’s imposition of AB5 which contains the three-pronged ‘ABC Test’— returns to Labor Relations Radio, along with a panel of independent contractors who have been harmed by the law.
As proverbial ‘canaries in the coal mine,’ as the U.S. Department of Labor rolls out its 339-page final rule—which contains a vague six-factor test—on independent contractors, the panel consists of of freelance writers, musicians (including a concert cellist), a radio journalist, yoga instructor and independent film producer share their stories as a warning to the rest of America.
To contact your representative in Congress, use this link at Congress.gov. and urge them to stop the War on Independent Contractors.
Listen to the entire Labor Relations Radio series on the War on Independent Contractors:
Labor Relations Radio, E109—The War on Independent Contractors, Part I: Rep. Kevin Kiley
Explainer: Top 10 Facts About the War on Independent Contractors in the U.S.
To listen to all Labor Relations Radio episodes, go here.
Labor Relations Radio, E112—The War on Independent Contractors, Part IV: A Panel Discussion With Freelancers Against AB5