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Hassin Bin Sober

(26,272 posts)
Wed May 9, 2018, 02:02 PM May 2018

Democrats Take Aim at the Gig Economy (re: Sanders Bill pro Union Bill)






https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-09/democrats-take-aim-at-the-gig-economy

Democrats Take Aim at the Gig Economy
With midterms on the horizon, some in Congress are pushing back against the growing propensity to deny U.S. workers benefits.



Leading Democrats are proposing a labor law overhaul that could extend collective bargaining rights to huge swaths of the gig economy, the latest sign of gathering blowback for companies committed to maximizing profits by denying workers rights and benefits often associated with regular employment.

On Wednesday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, is scheduled to introduce a bill that would make major changes to the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, including making it easier for workers to prove they are employees with the right to unionize and negotiate collectively with management. Organizing rights are among a suite of protections that U.S. laws grant employees, but not independent contractors, who also lack minimum wage, overtime, and anti-harassment protections.

The Senate proposal would ban state “right-to-work” laws—pro-management statutes that weaken unions by barring agreements that impose union fees on all employees the union represents. It would also give workers the option to unionize by signing up only a majority of co-workers rather than through secret ballot votes that often figure in allegations of corporate coercion and manipulation.
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Democrats Take Aim at the Gig Economy (re: Sanders Bill pro Union Bill) (Original Post) Hassin Bin Sober May 2018 OP
People have got to know we are trying to do something mountain grammy May 2018 #1
Good things are happening by those willing to work in congress. NCTraveler May 2018 #4
Yes, Senators secure funds for their states mountain grammy May 2018 #6
Why are secret ballots in elections bad? MichMan May 2018 #2
This ends the ballots Omaha Steve May 2018 #5
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2018 #3

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
6. Yes, Senators secure funds for their states
Thu May 10, 2018, 09:47 AM
May 2018

that's what they should do. My right wing senator is always crowing about this or that funding he's secured for Colorado, but never a dime for the poor or sick and never a word about low wages and unaffordable housing. Not on his radar.

Vermont is lucky to have two Senators who respect their consituents and work for funding for people who actually need it. Our senator respects his donors, who are NOT the folks in need of subsidies. Our Democratic Senator is much better, and is proving himself to be a fighter, but while he is willing to compromise with the Rethug on "business issues" that help Colorado, he gets not an inch when it comes to working for the many Coloradans who are struggling with the cruel reality of America.

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