It’s almost as if it’s a horrible time to threaten the livelihoods of financial advisors who are independent contractors

Responses are still coming in to yesterday's Substack, and people seem stunned that this is really happening Yes, it's happening. And to make it clear exactly what's happening, I'm coining a new term: "no-vote unions" It's an easier way to understand the concept of "sectoral bargaining," which is government giving unions a way to represent all workers in an industry without most of the workers ever voting to join As this New Jersey bill would do freelancebusting.com/p/from-…

New from me: The same day New Jersey’s ABC Test rule took effect last week, a bill was introduced to let unions target the whole rideshare industry at once. freelancebusting.com/p/from-…

And: Kentucky doesn't use the ABC Test to determine independent-contractor status Texas doesn't use the ABC Test either Pennsylvania uses a modified ABC Test that removes the crazy Prong B, and lets you pass Prong C in reasonable ways that NJDOL now interprets differently

Three of these four Labor Caucus co-chairs wrote a strategy paper that describes what they, themselves, call "admittedly radically different" ways of changing laws to grow unions Their report talks about reclassifying all workers as unionizable employees, whether the workers want it or not, across entire industries Their report talks about requiring companies that hire independent contractors to provide contact information for local administrative agencies, workforce development boards and legal services organizations that could help the independent contractors contest their employment status—with any companies that failed to do so being liable for damages Their report describes the government granting unions collective bargaining power across entire industries or sectors, instead of giving the employees at each workplace a vote on whether they actually wish to join a union at all They are trashing @keithsonderling because he's trying to protect all the rest of us from them and their "admittedly radically different" ideas

1/3 I told you so doesn't even feel sufficient anymore New Jersey state Senator Gordon Johnson just introduced a sectoral bargaining bill, S4709 Here is my November 2024 article about why this is a seismic change in how union organizing has historically been done in the United States -- and how the unions themselves say it's not going to stop with the Uber and Lyft drivers that these early sectoral-bargaining attempts are targeting in Massachusetts, California and now, New Jersey freelancebusting.com/p/plan-…

“The people who will feel this first are not large corporations. They are parents who build work around the school day, caregivers, retirees, and freelancers.” americansforprosperity.org/p…

“NJDOL has dismissed this adoption as merely the codification of already existing regulatory actions and behavior, when, in fact, it is now leaving open an overly broad interpretation of an ABC framework from nearly a century ago. In New Jersey, this is now the legal default, and a virtually impossible standard to meet...” njbia.org/njbia-expresses-de…

New from me: Governor Sherrill’s line on TV last night is now the third time we’re being asked to believe the State of New Jersey is merely codifying what already exists with the ABC Test—while the state has tried to codify three different things freelancebusting.com/p/carve…

This is where you can submit a question about the looming ABC Test independent-contractor rule for Governor Sherrill to answer tomorrow night on TV here in New Jersey newjersey.news12.com/submit-…