Isn't trucking one of the most lucrative blue collar jobs out there?
Progressives want to destroy any opportunity for Americans to make a living on their own, according to their own terms.
I seem to recall a lawyer telling me that the US legal system is very much set up to inhibit attempts to prevent people from making a living. This was many years ago.
Also, don’t most of the illegal immigrants make money by means of the “gig economy” ? Is California’s “gig economy” law going to go after them?
I’m of divided sentiments. One one hand I think the judge’s ruling is a step in the right direction. On the other, I’d be sore tempted to stand back and let California implode on it’s own intelligence vacuum...
“Isn’t trucking one of the most lucrative blue collar jobs out there? “
Two things. By good jobs, she means union jobs. But the state’s real problem with independent contractors is how the state taxes are collected. The 1099 workers write their checks, assuming they do write them, once a quarter or once a year. The state wants their money every two weeks.
The contract truck driver owns a rig that costs over 150K, and owns a house, and still takes vacations. Some make upwards of 200K a year. The Assembly Woman is working for the unions, wanting to reduce that pay, and force all truck drivers into the unions where they will have a reduced wage and reduces hours and they will not longer be able to own their own trucks. “Returning jobs to the trucking industry” is code word for retiring independents to the low paying Union Jobs of the Teamsters.
Depends. All the rules, regs and issues within indie’ carriers are killing them. Like the DEF fluid regulation, etc.
A lot of them have quit, leaving the roads open to immigration drivers, some who cant even read road signs in English.
Think I am kidding? Just hand around a truck stop and look at the drivers who come in.
The common carriers-bigger companies, still have some good drivers, and even they have issues, like Swift. You would be appalled at the quality of some drivers.
I blame a lot of the lack of quality drivers on the dispatchers within the industry. The adds read “Home Weekends” ya right!
This cannot be a Dorkbama judge, can it?
After all, this judge actually seems to have some knowledge of the law.
And the Constitution.
Not anymore... that once was true.. but not remotely that way anymore.
I once lived in CA. I hired “gig” folks to do jobs. Shoe my horses, maintain the swimming pool...
So now I would have to hire them as employees and do a payroll for them?
The arbitrary limits on freelance writing are being attacked for free speech violations.
70,000 independent trucking contractors, who BTW, own their own trucks. The barbershop I use has 4 barbers, 1 owner and 3 independent contractors. This law effects many.
Jersey is about to do the same thing. Ugh — they just want tax dollars. I’m sure illegal immigrants will be excluded
One way I can see around this is to set up an S-Corp and pay yourself on a W-2. I wonder, will that will work, or are these laws worded prevent it?
You would think this new Law would fly in the face of Interstate Commerce when you are dealing with OTR Truckers.
Just another way for the State of CA to control the Masses.
What about all the others?
“”to return jobs in the trucking industry to good, middle class careers.””\
Very middle class for the Indian visa drivers.