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It's been a minute since we've done a Twitter thread of #AB5 media coverage. #LazySunday is the perfect time to catch up on your reading. Spoilers: None of the op-ed coverage is positive! (We know you're shocked.)
Ready? Let's begin.
THREAD.
Ready? Let's begin.
THREAD.
For @Forbes, @AA_Millsap writes how #AB5 was a "fix" to a gig economy most freelancers didn't even want in the first place, and now it's getting worse. https://www.forbes.com/sites/adammillsap/2020/07/24/california-begins-battle-against-independent-contractors-gig-economy/#398d3812c14f
Arturo Carmona, Sandy Close and Regina Wilson teamed up on a piece for @latimesopinion about how #AB5 is absolutely devastating the newspapers that serve communities of color. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-30/ethnic-newspapers-ab5-california
The editorial board of @MontereyHerald & other local papers ran this editorial about how #AB5 is exacerbating the fight to save smaller papers. In an industry that was already devastated, this bill may be the nail in the coffin for local journalism. https://www.montereyherald.com/2020/07/25/editorial-another-fight-to-save-your-newspaper/
We've said for a year now that #AB5 is anti-black, anti-marginalized groups. Black business groups agree - and they're taking the fight to CA. Black Small Business Association of California & president @salenapryor sent a letter to @CAgovernor Newsom.
https://sacobserver.com/2020/06/black-business-group-takes-ab-5-independent-contractor-fight-to-gov-newsom/
https://sacobserver.com/2020/06/black-business-group-takes-ab-5-independent-contractor-fight-to-gov-newsom/
Edwin Lombard, CEO CA Black Chamber: "Black lives, Black families & Black businesses have been devastated by the triple catastrophes of #AB5, COVID-19 & the violent racism that permeates the very institutions we rely on to protect our freedom as Americans." https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200609005799/en/Statement-Edwin-Lombard-CEO-CA-Black-Chamber
Speaking of COVID-19, it's underscoring and exacerbating the downward spiral for independent business owners and freelancers set into motion by #AB5. Plenty has been written pointing that out. Let's continue with what we'll call the COVID-19 + AB5 = 
portion of our thread.
portion of our thread.
For @TheHillOpinion, F. Vincent Vernuccio writes how in a post-COVID-19 world, we'll need more flexibility and entrepreneurship than ever to rebuild our destroyed economy. Unfortunately, #AB5 guts us of that ability and makes recovery even harder. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/490744-well-need-entrepreneurship-and-flexibility-in-the-post-covid-economy
Senior legal correspondent @JaneMundy explains how #AB5 is exacerbating the COVID-19 crisis with the stranglehold it's put on freelancers and independent contractors. Now, W2 workers recently laid off can't even find freelance work to sustain them. https://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/legal-news/california_labor_law/california-labor-bill-ab5-adding-fuel-fire-with-covid-19-crisis-23229.html
. @CAndersonMO writes about how experts explain #AB5 is hurting CA's response to fighting COVID-19 itself by restricting essential workers from medical professionals to interpreters from joining the fight. https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/anti-gig-worker-law-hindering-californias-coronavirus-response/
There are a number of other articles regarding #AB5 and the COVID-19 nightmare, but those are the highlights. Thus concludes our COVID-19 + AB5 = segment. Moving on with the thread now.
segment. Moving on with the thread now.
Eric Shapiro pens a scathing and succinct open letter to @LorenaAD80 in @MilpitasBeat about how #AB5 is an absolute catastrophe of a bill and needs to go. Now. https://milpitasbeat.com/open-letter-to-california-state-assemblywoman-lorena-gonzalez-repeal-ab5-right-this-second/
Another open letter, this one to @SBIndyNews. Bob Ledner explains how musicians, most loyal Dems/progressives/socialists, are utterly betrayed by & disillusioned with @AssemblyDems @CASenateDems after #AB5. Our profession is different; our fight the same. https://www.independent.com/2020/04/07/absolutely-surreal/
The union propaganda to promote #NoOnProp22 is heating up, including releasing a deeply biased study of pro-union skewed research, writes @CharBozz. We're voting #YesonProp22. Too many rideshare drivers still want to be ICs. https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/the-gig-is-up-on-biased-research-in-the-fight-over-ab5/
The editorial board of @sbsun and a number of other local California papers posted this editorial asking who CA's #AB5 crackdowns, like the one on MobileWash, are helping, exactly? Because it's not gig workers, customers, or on-demand businesses. https://www.sbsun.com/2020/07/17/californias-crackdowns-on-the-gig-economy/
The disaster that is CA #AB5 is now even being questioned by publications in other states, like this piece picked up by @SFLTimes (originally published in @zenger). California is now a cautionary tale across the U.S. http://www.sfltimes.com/news/california-freelancer-reforms-under-the-microscope
