Tag: big labor
Gutless Amenders in California’s Legislature
In 2019, the California Legislature passed and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill called AB 5, a dream of big labor’s but a nightmare for freelance/contract workers. In 2020, Newsom signed AB 2257, lifting some requirements for some of the...
OSHA’s Plus One? A Union Rep
There is something the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does called a walkaround. Typically, this has involved an employee calling OSHA, saying there was a problem at work, and OSHA sending someone to inspect. The employer could have someone...
Why Julie Su Matters: Labor Department Moves to Gut Freelancers
If you have ever wondered why we cover Julie Su’s doomed quest to actually become U.S. Secretary of Labor, here’s why: The Labor Department today released new rules governing freelance, consulting, and gig work that will gut the livelihoods of...
Congress: What Are You Up to, Julie?
At the end of October, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an astonishingly overbroad rule as to what constitutes a joint employer. Why does that matter and why would the House Committee on Education and the Workforce send a...
George Gascon – Corruption by Any Other Name
We’ve all heard of tales of corrupt district attorneys. Leander Perez ruled Plaquemines Parish (a parish is what they call a county in Louisiana) with an iron fist and even by Louisiana standards his level of corruption was eye watering....
Laphonza Going La-Gone-za: Sen. Butler Will Not Seek Senate Re-Election
In what can only be called a sadly typically au courant Newspeak statement, Sen. Laphonza Butler has announced she will not be entering the 2024 race to try to keep the seat gifted her by Gavin Newsom two weeks ago....