Posts tagged pay transparency

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor

    Op-ed: America must lead on the gig economy — or others will set the rules

    June 10, 2025 // Look at California’s catastrophic Assembly Bill 5, which tried to reclassify most independent contractors as employees. Instead of improving livelihoods, it triggered chaos. Freelancers across media, transportation, tech, and the arts lost contracts overnight. Self-employment rates cratered. Only after a voter revolt and economic fallout did lawmakers scramble to undo the damage, carving out one exemption after another — a slow-motion admission that they had gone too far. Now, the ILO wants to make AB 5 the global gold standard for the gig economy.

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    Press Release ● Labor Unionization Unions

    International Rescue Committee (IRC) Workers Announce Unionization with OPEIU Local 153

    December 17, 2024 // Included in the IRC NY workers key demands are better pay transparency and equity, higher wages, affordable health insurance inclusive of coverage for mental healthcare, just cause protections, safe and confidential spaces for meeting with clients, and a collective voice and input when it comes to organizational decision making.

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