Freelance Busting

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The Lady Problem
Overly restrictive independent-contractor policy has a disproportionate, negative impact on women. Here’s why.
 • Kim Kavin
3:34
Say It Again. Louder.
Yesterday, while questioning a New Jersey AFL-CIO witness, a state senator challenged the claim that employee misclassification is rampant.
 • Kim Kavin
The Vote
Today in New Jersey, senators were offered a chance to scrap the Labor Department's freelance-busting rule. Democrats kept the rule in place.
 • Kim Kavin
8:09
'Quite Simply Unfair'
A bill being heard in New Jersey today layers carveouts atop a bad rule, all involving policy that's built on mischaracterized data and research.
 • Kim Kavin
Here Come the Carveouts
New Jersey is signaling that it intends to follow California's lead on protecting only a handful of professions from freelance busting.
 • Kim Kavin
Too Much Salt
You don't need to be a policy expert to understand what New Jersey is doing to independent contractors. You just have to know about mashed potatoes.
 • Kim Kavin
'They Never Vote'
Union organizers in Massachusetts just achieved the closest thing ever to true sectoral bargaining in the United States. A Q&A with attorney Alex…
 • Kim Kavin
6:33
'Unbelievable'
On his "Speak for America" TV show, host Bill Spadea and I talked about New Jersey's independent-contractor rule and what should come next.
 • Kim Kavin
The 2026 Battle of Trenton
"They're saying that truth, economic consequences and the will of the people aren't something they're even willing to discuss. That position is…
 • Kim Kavin
Freelance Busting
Freelance Busting
News and analysis about attacks on our right to choose self-employment, from a leader of the independent-contractor resistance

Freelance Busting

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