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(The Center Square) – If enacted, the Democratic-sponsored PRO Act could eliminate most forms of independent contracting, gig work and freelancing – potentially impacting as many as 59 million freelance

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) From Joe Biden’s signing of an Executive Order throttling the Keystone XL Pipeline and eliminating 11,000 direct jobs, to Biden’s questionable firing of National Labor Relations Board (NRLB) General Counsel Peter Robb, it is clear that a war on work, and who controls it, will be part of what defines this new administration. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation recently filed a Freedom of Information Act request for correspondence related t...

Thursday, February 11, 2021 With President Biden charting a fundamentally different course in labor relations, employers should monitor developments taking place. In less than three weeks, Washington saw President Biden’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Peter Robb, removal of Robb’s Deputy General Counsel Alice Stock, and appointment of Peter Sung Ohr as acting General Counsel (seen as a step to creating a more union-friendly NLRB). Mr. Ohr pr...

Help Save Peoples World The economic crisis has hit Peoples World hard. We need the support of all our friends and readers to continue publishing. Biden boosts PRO Act on its formal introduction February 5, 2021 9:46 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg When voters voted on "Prop A" in Missouri they used their power to kill a right to work for less law in that state. The new Pro Act would void the section of labor law that allows so c...

(The Center Square) – U.S. House and Senate Democrats have reintroduced the PRO ACT, a sweeping pro-union bill that would wipe out right-to-work labor laws in 27 states.

California Freelancers Say New Exemption Law Still Not Enough California freelancers derailed by last year’s controversial gig worker mandate are set to receive more exemptions through a newly enacted law—but opponents say the new bill still isn’t enough to offset the harm done to them by AB 5. Assembly Bill 2257 (AB 2257), which went into effect Jan. 1, adds new exceptions to AB 5 requirements for independent workers, including exemptions for professional services, business-to-business, ...

Soon after Joe Biden is inaugurated as the next US president, he is expected to take several strong steps on the labor front aimed at reversing or remedying the policies of Donald Trump – who promised workers a lot and delivered little. But Biden’s number one priority will be to tackle the issues left in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh – the Mayor of Boston and before that a labor leader...