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Podcast: LaborUnionNews.com's Labor Relations Radio
Episode: Labor Relations Radio Ep. 3: How to Crush 59 Million Americans' incomes with three simple letters: ABC
Description: With union membership down to 10.3 percent of the American workforceâor 14 million workersâand 59 million workers who are independent contractors (aka âfreelancersâ or âgig workersâ) who are not unionized, unions and their allies in state and federal government are attacking the âgig economy.âWhat began in California as a law called âAB5â to push a concept called the ABC Testâwhich has had catastrophic consequences on tens of thousands of peopleâhas expanded nationally into the currently-stalled PRO-Act and, now, the National Labor Relations Board is looking to implement the ABC Test to define what constitutes an independent contractor v...