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Ay, yi, yi. California’s War on Workers.

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California’s War on Workers | The American Spectator

People are shocked — just shocked, I tell you — that a new ban on contracting already is destroying jobs.

A gushing article in the liberal publication Vox declared in September that a new California law that outlaws the use of contractors in many industries, is “a victory for workers everywhere.” Assembly Bill 5 was not “just another progressive victory in California” but “a historic moment for the U.S. labor movement too.” The legislation was meant to force companies to instead hire permanent employees who receive benefits.

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Yeah, there was no way to see this one coming. Brown’s point is a good one: “It’s not an ‘unintended consequence’ so much as one that folks who wanted to stick it to Uber and Lyft (or at least get press for pretending to stick it to Uber and Lyft) deemed an acceptable consequence.” Reporters can’t say that no one warned them, but they aren’t used to being part of the acceptable collateral damage inflicted by the state’s Democratic leaders.

Similar efforts could be coming to other states, especially if Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has her way. “This is a crucial moment in the fight for workers in this country,” she wrote in an August column in the Sacramento Bee. “It’s a time for us to show whose side we’re on. All Democrats need to stand up and say, without hedging, that we support AB 5 and back full employee status for gig workers.” You’ve been warned.

So what will happen, the exceptions will be granted to their “friends”, and everyone else will have to suck it up.

I’m no fan of the gig economy. I see it as exploitive, but hey, it’s a free country. As long as IRS gets it’s withholding, the feds are fine with it. Republicans like the laissez faire aspect of it, so they are cool.

So the California AKA Democrat Ground Zero has a message for the gig economy: BOHICA.
 
California’s War on Workers | The American Spectator

People are shocked — just shocked, I tell you — that a new ban on contracting already is destroying jobs.



So what will happen, the exceptions will be granted to their “friends”, and everyone else will have to suck it up.

I’m no fan of the gig economy. I see it as exploitive, but hey, it’s a free country. As long as IRS gets it’s withholding, the feds are fine with it. Republicans like the laissez faire aspect of it, so they are cool.

So the California AKA Democrat Ground Zero has a message for the gig economy: BOHICA.

Good article. Regarding the exceptions well this is also from the article:

"Basically, the law outlawed the use of contractors except in some narrow instances. Then, the process of horse-trading began and the most influential industries — doctors, lawyers, realtors, insurance agents — secured exemptions. But drivers weren’t so fortunate, nor were freelance writers and photographers. In fact, the drivers were the target of the bill, even though the vast majority of these drivers work a small number of hours to boost their income between other jobs and school."

If it weren't for many of the tech companies and Hollywood being in CA, which brings the state massive amounts of tax revenue, CA would be an economic disaster. This is all about the strong arm of government dictating what they want and the **** with those who are in their way. This is from the article as well:

"It is a historic moment indeed, but it’s hard to see it as much of a victory for anyone other than union activists who want to quash the competition. It’s yet another reminder — if we needed another one — that labor unions don’t care about workers, but only about political victories that promote their pet progressive causes."
 
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