As reported by Law360: “A contingent of freelance writers spooked by the aftermath of California’s worker misclassification rewrite have launched a lobbying blitz against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, complicating the long-shot labor law overhaul’s path to passage.” … Read more …
Press and Releases
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 7
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the seventh video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more…
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 6
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the sixth video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more…
PPP vs. PRO: A textbook case of cognitive dissonance in Washington
As published in The Hill: The truth is that Americans like me need to be saved not by, but from deeply misguided ABC Test legislation. Any lawmaker who agrees with making PPP better for small-business owners now, and who agrees that nonemployer firms like mine are important to the U.S. economy going forward, must also vote no on ABC Test laws like the PRO Act. … Read more …
“The federal labor legislation that would kill my livelihood”
As reported in The Week: “If the PRO Act passes, the ABC test will not protect me as a worker. It will harm me. It will derail my career and drastically reduce my income. And it will do the same for millions of other Americans in the many lines of work I’ve mentioned here — including many medical workers filling in at hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases.” … Read more …
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 5
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the fifth video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more…
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 4
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the fourth video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more…
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 3
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the third video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more …
The PRO Act is Becoming Labor’s Amateur Hour
As reported in Forbes: “The claim that this move has no meaning outside of the National Labor Relations Act is either a misunderstanding of the larger context or disingenuous deception. … Shrugging off the personal concerns of potentially many millions of people, numbers of whom have shown themselves capable of running political and media campaigns to turn back what are attacks on their livelihoods, is unnecessarily building legions of enemies of those who were previously friends.” … Read more …
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 2
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the second video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more …