The rule — announced late last month by the National Labor Relations Board –- sets new standards for determining when two companies should be considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act.
It sounds wonky. But essentially, the rule could widen the number of companies that must participate in labor negotiations alongside their franchisees or independent contractors. For example, it might require Burger King to bargain with workers even though most of its U.S. restaurants are owned by franchisees. Or it could require Amazon to negotiate with delivery drivers who are employed by independent contractors.
Ok, the Amazon thing pissed me off. I realized that the drivers are illegally being classified as 1099 contractors. 1099 contractors are not allowed to have required schedules, not allowed to have mandatory meetings, and are required to have specific goals/periods/responsibilities in a contract with a definite term. Why the fuck isn’t the NLRB/DoL/IRS dropping the hammer on them for their illegal employment practices. They are skirting paying employment tax, they are abusing employees, they are skirting full-time benefit requirements. Fuck. Can someone with power please start cracking down on the abuse of 1099 tax codes.
Gotta vote for people who care.
Never blame those in power when it’s the constituency who put them there.
Too often those same politicians lied in order to get elected, then backtracked on promises.
It’s not the victims’ fault when the criminals win.
When the polls are in churches and nursing homes but it’s not a national holiday to vote it’s pretty easy to see where that leads. It’s not like billionaires bribe politicians for certain outcomes or anything. But yeah these fckin lazy people not voting Jfc amirite