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Episode: Labor Relations Radio, Ep. 15âGuest Kim Kavin Gives An Update On The Fight For Freelancers
Description: The so-called âgig economyâ encompasses hundreds (perhaps thousands) of professions and 59 million Americans and is growing.However, because independent contractors (aka âfreelancersâ or âgig workersâ) are not âemployeesâ under National Labor Relations Act and cannot be unionized, unions and their political allies are trying to kill the gig economy at the state-by-state level, as well as at the federal level through the âPRO Actâ by enacting a draconian measure called the âABC Test.âSince first covering this issue on Labor Relations Radio back in February, there has been a lot of things happening across the country in the fight to...