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Today's Rideshare Rodeo podcast brought out everybody's fighting spirit against the freelance-busting brigade in New Jersey.

We just wrapped up a great taping of the Rideshare Rodeo podcast, talking about what’s going on with independent-contractor rule-making here in my home state of New Jersey.

Yes, it’s proposed rule-making by the New Jersey Department of Labor, not legislation like the promo from the show below says. (This government stuff can be really confusing. Happens all the time.)

You can watch today’s show below or listen on your favorite podcast service to get the gist of what’s going on in New Jersey, why it’s so ridiculous even compared to California’s Assembly Bill 5, and why every independent contractor in the country should care:

You’ll hear us say on the show that we are now in the 60-day public comment period for this proposed independent-contractor rule in New Jersey. You can read more about the proposed rule here or here, and then if you feel motivated to join the fight, submit a public comment of your own to:

David Fish, executive director legal and regulatory services Department of Labor and Workforce Development, PO Box 110, 13th Floor Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0110; fax: (609) 292-8246; email: david.fish@dol.nj.gov.

You’ll also hear me say on the show that everyone should be calling their member of Congress and asking them to co-sponsor the Modern Worker Empowerment Act. It’s a bill in Washington, D.C., that is intended to put a stop to this kind of freelance busting at the federal level. If you don’t know who represents you in Congress, type in your Zip Code here. The system will tell you where to email or call.

Thank you, as always, to Steve Johnson for having me on his Rideshare Rodeo show, and thanks to my fellow guest Mike Hruby.

Steve has been one of the most prominent voices in the country trying to stop this lunacy of threatening independent contractors’ livelihoods. We are all grateful for the way he keeps freelance busting out in front for all of his listeners, and helps them understand how to fight back.