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1/7 Dear @HayesBrown,
A question for you and @MSNBC about your full-throated support for the #PROAct in this opinion column:
Are you aware that the ABC Test in the PRO Act was just tried in California, in a law called #AB5?
It didn’t go so well... https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/labor-movement-needs-democrats-more-ever-vice-versa-n1255486
A question for you and @MSNBC about your full-throated support for the #PROAct in this opinion column:
Are you aware that the ABC Test in the PRO Act was just tried in California, in a law called #AB5?
It didn’t go so well... https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/labor-movement-needs-democrats-more-ever-vice-versa-n1255486
2/7 The ABC Test’s promise there, as is now being promised at the federal level, was that it would protect working people and help unions.
What it actually did—according to the state’s own nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office—was outlaw up to 1 million people’s work. ...
What it actually did—according to the state’s own nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office—was outlaw up to 1 million people’s work. ...
3/7 The disproportionately negative effects of this ABC Test on women and Black people, in particular, have been well documented in titles as prominent as Forbes, so much so that no less than Benjamin Chavis Jr. called the law “racist.” ... https://lasentinel.net/op-ed-black-riders-matter.html
4/7 All of which is why, in November, California voters voted 59% to 41% for a ballot proposition to gut the ABC Test law, to try and stop the economic damage to citizens in hundreds upon hundreds of professions. ... https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/california-voters-saved-uber-lyft-gig-economy-backing-prop-22-ncna1246680?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR0904en9m2oJ_gv-1J8rEDCddur7YgSdvkR0hTvo3cvZeaQhuoAJCMVPNc
5/7 You’re of course entitled to your opinions, Mr. Hayes, but they should be based on facts instead of on already-debunked union talking points.
ABC Test laws like #AB5 and the #PROAct aren’t pro-worker. They outlaw the work that millions of writers, real-estate appraisers...
ABC Test laws like #AB5 and the #PROAct aren’t pro-worker. They outlaw the work that millions of writers, real-estate appraisers...
6/7 ... respiratory therapists, graphic designers, musicians and others are doing every day—so happily that all recent studies show 70-85% of independent contractors want to remain independent contractors.
The will of the people and the voters on this... https://fightforfreelancersusa.com/data-and-studies/
The will of the people and the voters on this... https://fightforfreelancersusa.com/data-and-studies/
7/7 ... issue is clear: The vast majority of us believe the right to choose independent contractor work should be protected.
The ABC Test in the #PROAct outlaws this choice for millions of Americans, including me.
Please rethink your regressive position.
#FightForFreelancers
The ABC Test in the #PROAct outlaws this choice for millions of Americans, including me.
Please rethink your regressive position.
#FightForFreelancers
