Posts tagged Freelance Isn’t Free Act

    Blog Research ● Labor Unionization Unions

    Déjà Vu All Over Again

    April 14, 2025 // Reclassification attempts began with a media narrative, then blue-state legislation. The same thing is happening now with sectoral organizing.

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    Research ● Corruption Labor Unions

    Op-Ed: Painting the Targets

    September 24, 2024 // I next went looking for data about union density—the percentage of employees in an industry who are union members—in New York and California. For New York City, Hofstra University’s Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy put together this report showing industries that have seen declines in union membership. About half of the industries line up with those listed on the independent-contractor complaint form:

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