California’s AB-5 destroyed many freelance jobs. Now Democrats want to expand the policy to the entire country.

[Drop Dead Fred]

A proposed new federal law is modeled after California’s AB-5. You can read about it here:

The PRO Act's 'ABC test' fails American workers

Joe Biden supports making the policy nationwide:

Joe Biden Endorses California Law Doing Harm To Freelancers, Which Democrats Hope To Impose Nationwide

After many news reports of AB-5 destroying jobs in California, Lorena Gonzalez, the California politician who created AB-5, says the jobs that got destroyed were “not good jobs to begin with.”

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher responds to Californians hurt by AB 5 -

Here are some examples of the devastation that the law caused in California:

California’s AB 5 kills off 40-year Lake Tahoe Music Festival

California’s AB 5 kills off 40-year Lake Tahoe Music Festival - California Globe

California Wedding Industry Turned ‘On Top of Its Head’ by Freelancing Law

California Wedding Industry Turned ‘On Top of Its Head’ by Freelancing Law

The Young Turks: New Law Could DESTROY Independent Music



Vox praised AB-5 for allegedly making workers better off. But a few months later, Vox laid off hundreds of its own writers in response to the very same law.

Opinion | How a law aimed at Uber and Lyft is hurting freelance writers

AB-5 limits freelance journalists to 35 pieces per year for any given publication

California freelance journalists sue over new state law

The Devastating Impact of AB5 on People with Disabilities and Their Families

The Devastating Impact of AB5 on People with Disabilities and Their Families

 

[Blackrook]

Democrats want everyone unemployed so this makes sense.

 

[JoeB131]

A proposed new federal law is modeled after California’s AB-5. You can read about it here:

Awesome. It's about time they got companies like Thumbtack, GrubHub and Uber under control.

 

[daveman]

A proposed new federal law is modeled after California’s AB-5. You can read about it here:

Awesome. It's about time they got companies like Thumbtack, GrubHub and Uber under control.

 

[Concerned American]

Democrats want everyone unemployed so this makes sense.

The Gig Economy. If an employee works for themselves, companies don't have to pay SS, Unemployment Ins., Health Ins., Disability Ins. There are no hiring and firing issues and law suits. It is a win win for employers. Down side, more people out of work and on the government dole. Just where the democrats want to keep them.

 

[Blackrook]

Everyone who works anything but a 40-hour workweek job will become a criminal in the underground economy this law will create.

 

[colfax_m]

Abuse of contractors has been a long struggle. Employers love calling people contractors or freelancers which is usually not in the interest of the employees. The IRS rules need to be revisited.

 

[Missourian]

The day AB-5 legislation passes federally, you can expect trucking in the US to come to a standstill.

Last week Houston ran out of food without trucking in 3 days.

Good luck.

 

[Blackrook]

Freedom of contract is freedom.

Democrats hate freedom.

 

[B. Kidd]

Democrats want everyone unemployed so this makes sense.

So goes the rest of the Country as California goes!
Rub your faces in it!

 

[daveman]

Abuse of contractors has been a long struggle. Employers love calling people contractors or freelancers which is usually not in the interest of the employees. The IRS rules need to be revisited.

Tell us how being unemployed is in the interest of the employees.

 

[Blackrook]

The Democrats know this law hurts people, that's why they want it. They believe that the more miserable people are, the more they will vote for Democrats and their social programs. The end goal is a nation where a small minority work and pay extremely high taxes, while the vast majority are idle and collect welfare. This vision is unsustainable, but the Democrats think they can pull it off.

 

[daveman]

The Democrats know this law hurts people, that's why they want it. They believe that the more miserable people are, the more they will vote for Democrats and their social programs. The end goal is a nation where a small minority work and pay extremely high taxes, while the vast majority are idle and collect welfare. This vision is unsustainable, but the Democrats think they can pull it off.

It worked so well in Venezuela.

Oh, wait...

 

[Concerned American]

The day AB-5 legislation passes federally, you can expect trucking in the US to come to a standstill.

Last week Houston ran out of food without trucking in 3 days.

Good luck.

Have you noticed that since the CCP/DNC virus, that grocery shelves nationwide have had less product on them then in the past? I was taught in grade school in the 60's that grocery shortages were commonplace in communist countries and that was why western countries were better. China Joe figures that we can get used to shortages. It is called global equity. Welcome to the US under China Joe, Kameltoe and their communist DNC handlers.

 

[jasonnfree]

The Democrats know this law hurts people, that's why they want it. They believe that the more miserable people are, the more they will vote for Democrats and their social programs. The end goal is a nation where a small minority work and pay extremely high taxes, while the vast majority are idle and collect welfare. This vision is unsustainable, but the Democrats think they can pull it off.

It worked so well in Venezuela.

Oh, wait...

Seems like blue states have better outcomes for their people than red states. One link below.

8 Economic Indicators — Are Red or Blue States Better?

In comparing the quality of life between Red vs Blue states, I’ll be grouping all 23 indicators into 4 main categories: 4 Crimes Indicators, 4 Social Indicators, 7 Health Indicators 8 Economi…

appliedsentience.com

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Awesome. It's about time they got companies like Thumbtack, GrubHub and Uber under control.

And how exactly did they do that, Walter? Why don’t you enlighten us

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Abuse of contractors has been a long struggle. Employers love calling people contractors or freelancers which is usually not in the interest of the employees. The IRS rules need to be revisited.

Who is forcing those people to work those jobs?

 

[JoeB131]

A proposed new federal law is modeled after California’s AB-5. You can read about it here:

Awesome. It's about time they got companies like Thumbtack, GrubHub and Uber under control.

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Wow, you do get that Uber and their ilk are the ones exploiting the working class, right? Having them work with no benefits and no insurance by calling them "contractors"?

 

[JoeB131]

And how exactly did they do that, Walter? Why don’t you enlighten us

They make money off of people without providing fair wages and providing benefits...

Uber Was Designed to Exploit Drivers

The company's disjointed, decentralized strategy makes it almost immune to labor action.

www.vice.com

But like past protests and strikes, the estimated nearly one million Uber drivers in the US ran up against a problem embedded in the predatory structure of the company, as well as that of rivals like Lyft: They may be doing work, but these aren’t supposed to be “jobs” in the technical sense. At a time when even traditionally powerful unions are losing their ability to defend benefits for workers, these drivers exist in a legal category where they are both vulnerable to exploitation and unable to access the usual tools to fight for better treatment.
“The company is built on disdain for workers and regulations,” Rick Claypool, research director at Public Citizen, a left-leaning advocacy group, said of Uber. “It’s hard to see how it’s going to change.”

 

[JoeB131]

It worked so well in Venezuela.

Oh, wait...

Uh, guy, Two weeks into TRUMP PLAGUE, and most of the grocery stores were looking like Venezuela.

Now imagine what they'd look like if the US had been subjected to a decade of economic sanctions.