Cory Doctorow · @pluralistic
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Abruzzo has taken a series of muscular, bold moves to protect American workers, turning the tide in the that the has waged on workers since the administration. For example, is working to turn - the fiction that an employee is a small business contracting with their boss, a staple of the - into an :

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#classwar #onepercent #reagan #abruzzo #workermisclassification #gigeconomy #unfairlaborpractice

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Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
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Amazon now has the luxury of terminating its contract with the union's employer - the cutout that allows Amazon to maintain the pretext that these drivers in Amazon vans wearing Amazon uniforms delivering Amazon packages don't work for Amazon.

Amazon *hates* unions in ways that are hard for everyday people to grasp. One of the organizers of the union drive has been illegally terminated in retaliation for his labor activism:

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#workermisclassification

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rowan • דרור לייב · @kabrams
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I'm talking solely about drivers who work for a company and are paid via W2. although is a huge problem in the trucking industry, I'm not familiar enough with all of the ins and outs to speak to it directly. and the experience of , , and is going to be different especially with regards to and .

#employee #workermisclassification #independentcontractors #leaseoperators #owneroperators #workersprotections #workersrights #truckinglife

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