Lila Stromer Acting Secretary Julie Su Yo-yos always bounce back!

And it's also funny how Acting Secretary Julie Su cares about choice when it suits her needs.

If she and the U.S. Department of Labor would allow independent contractors to affirmatively declare our status—instead of 339 pgs of word games—it would save everyone time.

#FightForFreelancers

Freelancers proudly choose to be YOYOs. Thanks for the acronym, Acting Secretary Julie Su & #unions !

You're On Your Own. Yes, that's *exactly' what we want.

I've been a YOYO for 14 years and want to remain a YOYO for the rest of my career.

RT being a YOYO. Use their height of irony.

Self-employment is precious because I set my hours & fees. SecJulieSu has made a career of controlling other people’s lives & will never understand this advantage. Her U.S. Department of Labor rule is a payback to Big Labor, as is CA’s #AB5 law that Su helped write. ICs also vote! Senate Democrats GOP

If these protestors really cared about life in the Middle East, they'd also condemn Hamas for the original rape and pillaging of Israeli communities and for the return of hostages. This behavior is only spreading antisemitic attacks. On US soil.

abc7news.com/pro-palestinia…

“I like what I do — having my own business — and until my marbles go away, I plan to keep on working,' says Stromer. 'After just six months of freelancing, I thought to myself, I don't ever want another full-time job again.'

#FightForFreelancers

forbes.com/sites/nextaven…

“They simply do not have the talent they need in-house, and they’re unable to persuade highly skilled professionals to come on board full-time. As a result, companies are embracing the freelance model more than ever before.” hbr.org/2024/05/highly…

'The ability to freely express oneself about the issues of the day—on which reasonable people could genuinely disagree—had become increasingly fraught.'

Look at college campuses abt the Middle East, both political parties, families w/political divides.

thefp.com/p/the-prophets…

This isn't good news for women ... or for that matter, it can't be good for men either.

As a freelancer, I can sit for hours at a time once I get in a zone.

today.ucsd.edu/story/sedentar…

California provides living proof of the new U.S. Department of Labor rule’s consequences. A similar law to this rule in 2019 ( #AB5 #AB2257 ) led to a 10.5% drop in self-employment & total employment in CA fell by 4.4% thehill.com/opinion/congre…
California Governor Gavin Newsom Acting Secretary Julie Su Julie A. Su…

Proud to be part of this campaign and stand with independent workers against Julie Su's DOL!

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cc: Faces of AB5 (#PROAct is #AB5) @Freelancers_CA #RepealAB5 #NotGigWorkers Mike Hruby Lisa Rothstein Kim Kavin Briana Sharp #FightForFreelancers Michael Saltsman wuzhappn Gig Consumers Coalition #FreelancersBILLofRIGHTS Rideshare Rights #FreelancersBILLofRIGHTS Jennifer Oliver O'Connell…

This is related to my past work helping cats in need. Don't shop at Spring Street Deli & Pizzeria springstreetdeli.net. Anthony Gargano, pleaded guilty to animal abuse by stealing an owned cat and dumping in the freezing cold. It has not been found. timesunion.com/news/article/r…

And it’s not just one industry the U.S. Department of Labor & Acting Secretary Julie Su aim to kill. It’s every industry that uses freelancers. Tax preparers, editors, wedding planners, travel nurses, photographers. They want us out of biz b/c unions oppose 1099 freelancers. We can’t be unionized.

'The Department of Labor is changing the test that determines whether a worker is an independent contractor ... Once you start peeling back the layers of this particular onion, you’ll encounter more than a few things that might make you want to cry.'

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This will be interesting.

Laid-off Pitchfork and Wired staffers are barred from freelancing for Condé Nast pubs. There’s an #IStandWithCondeContracted protest campaign.

They’re all about to learn the meaning of #WhatTheHellDOL and #FightForFreelancers

thehill.com/opinion/444156…

I try to keep this account for my editorial biz. I try to keep Freelancer-Dispatch #FightforFreelancers for the battle on freelancers. And now I'll use Fight4FreelanceNY for the battle just in New York State. If you follow me here & are a freelancer, follow me there.

As for work, I just got a new client!

Thanks Kim Kavin Jennifer Oliver O'Connell for setting Terri Gerstein and The New York Times straight on who are most of TODAY'S independent contractors: we are #smallbusiness owners and skilled professionals in over 300 fields, who prize our autonomy, make our own contracts and hours, and are…

Kim Kavin Jack Ciattarelli No misogyny there. Wow.🤬🤬

Thanks to Jane Friedman for her webinar on publishing options. I'm listening in now. Jane is so smart and so willing to share her immense knowledge. Thank you, Jane! This will help me with my indie authors who want to know about publishing. #Crafttalks

🚨 Wow. A forceful, morally clear statement, signed by dozens of Northwestern faculty — including the two immediate predecessors of the current, equivocal university president.

“Although we grieve for the loss of all innocent lives, the loss of life is on the bloodied hands…