What’s the best way to protect the rights of workers? Let them determine their own job preferences, or mandate that companies provide them with certain protections? California has chosen to take the latter path. Has it worked? Is it a victory for workers, or a debilitating defeat? Patrice Onwuka of the Independent Women’s Forum looks into these questions. Her findings may surprise you.
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Script:
Workers of the world unite—to protect your freedom.
You have nothing to lose, but your jobs...
Which is exactly what is happening in California.
And threatening to spread to the rest of the country.
Just what we need, right?
Fewer jobs and fewer people employed.
Why is this happening?
Exhibit A:
Assembly Bill 5 or AB5, as it’s commonly known.
Passed by the California legislature in September of 2019, AB5 was authored by a former union boss Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez. The stated goal was to protect freelance workers from employers taking advantage of them. Instead, it has pushed thousands of these workers into the unemployment line.
Here’s why:
Workers in the United States are classi..
