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Min The new Biden Labor Secretary is a big labor guy. Independent contractors should be on alert. Secretary Marty Walsh made comments days ago that signal this administration plans to crack down on independent contracting and push as many American workers back into the outdated model of work organized labor thrives on. Say ‘goodbye’ to flexibility, and ‘hello’ to union dues. Walsh is a former union boss. He plans to execute on President Biden’s goals of boosting union membership and bringing organized labor back to prominence.  In an interview with Reuters, Walsh telegraphed ...

(Martin Clarke/Michelle Janikian via AP) It has been a little over a year since I started my fight against California’s AB5: the so-called “Gig Workers” law that was supposed to right the wrongs of misclassification of 1099 Independent Contractors who should have been employees. Authored by San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena S. Gonzalez-Fletcher (D-Chula Vista), and backed by powerful unions such as the AFL-CIO, what this law did was remove a person’s right to choose to work as an Independent Contractor, freelancer, or gig worker in the state. My life as a freelance writer, reinvention co...