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  1. New York is a creative economy hub with 1.3 million freelancers in NYC alone. AB5-type bills will destroy our livelihoods.

  2. Illinois is mostly rural. One way to make a living outside of Chicago or Bloomington is to freelance.

  3. 19 hours ago

    . —there are thousands of these stories from . Do we REALLY want these stories to happen here in NJ? There are ways to help those who are taken advantage of without hurting the rest of us.

  4. Yes! with the perfect distillation of why does NOT work for today’s journalism landscape. Go !

  5. Jan 18

    ., please don't hurt my successful freelance business. Protect the vulnerable without hurting the rest of us.

  6. 11 Dec 2019

    "The laws are being marketed as pro-worker, but the way they are being written is so strict that they are already starting to destroy the careers of people such as me who prefer to work for ourselves."

  7. Jan 2

    "These laws foist 20th-century language upon a 21st-century workforce that is at almost full capacity, which is why they are causing chaos among working women..."

  8. 27 Dec 2019
    Replying to

    The ABC test doesn’t make any distinction between a mis-classified worker and someone who CHOOSES to freelance, and that’s why enacting it will destroy freelance careers.

  9. Jan 9

    We are very grateful for the support we received from the group--over 1,000 independent contractors from a variety of industries in NJ, united to protect the rights of small business owners.

  10. Were you affected by and want to propose solutions? Scared of other anti-freelance legislation in the works? Read this, and share it far and wide!

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  12. 13 Dec 2019

    Freelancing can be a great way to make a living, build a career, and manage a family. If you want to help freelancers, get universal health insurance done.

  13. Jan 3

    don’t pass the bill. Let freelancers work! Time for people to start voting out these people taking away our rights! They lie and say freelancers will not be affected with the bill!

  14. Jan 31
    Replying to

    I choose to work for more than one client. That way, all of my income eggs are not in a single basket.

  15. Exactly! They think we're lying or delusional. I get it, some companies are ripping people off by calling them contractors. But most contracts are just that: legitimate and happy sole proprietors.

  16. Jan 10

    On this , I got my kids off to school, took the late bootcamp class with a few of my best friends, and I *might* be working in my PJs right now. (And I'll be able to sneak out for 20 min. to pick my daughter up from school.)

  17. Jan 20
  18. Jan 9

    . Really? That's your take on the death of NJ /? "FREELANCE JOURNALISTS CAN CONTINUE TO NOT BE PAID" Because freelance journalists I know make a lot more $ than employed journalists.

  19. Replying to

    WOW. The tone deafness of his tweet is appalling!! You can't celebrate entrepreneurs and, at the same time, destroy their ability to make a living, Senator.

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