I'm Independent Coalition

Californians’ freedom to work as an independent contractor or freelance is at risk due to an unprecedented Court decision.

We're fighting for them!

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“Assembly Bill 5 however has upended that stability and thrown California’s franchisees’ future into uncertainty.” More on why we need lawmakers to #FixAB5 for family businesses and workers across the state: https://t.co/lhR16P91U9

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“The consequences to inaction are severe. Without clarification, family businesses may be lost up and down the state.” We need lawmakers to #FixAB5 and help all Californians now. Read more from @CalMatters: https://t.co/UWJMRx7LY2

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“Today my ability to carry on my family’s tradition of self-employment is severely threatened by AB 5.” Read this professional certified health care interpreter’s story on why she needs lawmakers to #FixAB5: https://t.co/YRxRxeYoBk

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“California’s unemployment rate for June was 15.1%, up 258.1% from June 2019.” Read more on how #COVID19 and #AB5 have crippled California’s rehiring pace: https://t.co/j8NP8moJzY

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

Laws like #AB5 are discouraging employers to rehire during financial crisis. We must #FixAB5 for every Californian who wants to remain independent. Read more: https://t.co/j8NP8mGkYy

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“The broad language however has wreaked uncertainty upon franchising here in California by potentially turning franchisee business owners like myself into employees of the corporation we franchise from.” https://t.co/nJbfxT2NXz

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

Community newspapers are suffering due to #AB5. More how why local papers need lawmakers to #FixAB5: https://t.co/M56ALQKrXe

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“The newspaper business was struggling before AB 5, and the coronavirus delivered another body blow. In California, 18 papers have suspended publication in the past five months.” More on why we need to #FixAB5: https://t.co/VLXfnQyP5F

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

#AB5 makes “our state’s immigrant communities’ access to language services, during the added perils and barriers of COVID-19, is endangered.” We need relief now more than ever. Read more: https://t.co/YRxRxeYoBk

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

Due to #AB5, “the professional livelihood of interpreters is hanging in the balance, which could result in cutting off language access for millions of Californians and many services for the deaf and hard of hearing.” More from @KUSI: https://t.co/UHpiuL07dL

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

#COVID19 and #AB5 combine to hit newspapers particularly hard. We need to #FixAB5 for newspapers and anyone who wants to be independent in California. Read more: https://t.co/P576DLPGui

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“Interpreters are busier than ever trying to compile a COVID-19 data base of words for all languages,” but #AB5 is complicating this vital role. Read more from @KUSI on how AB5 continues to wreak havoc for professionals: https://t.co/UHpiuKIvPb

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“Any measures that hinder hiring in the midst of a pandemic and ensuing economic recession is counterproductive…California’s elected officials should be doing everything they can to empower employers to do the hiring that drives the economy.” Read more: https://t.co/j8NP8mGkYy

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

More and more Californians are pleading with lawmakers to #FixAB5. What are we waiting for? CA needs help now. Read more: https://t.co/4ge6VDeiYI

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

Lawmakers need to #FixAB5 for everyone! Read more: https://t.co/aAVfz0ykXu

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

"The mission of ethnic news outlets is more important now than ever." More on how #AB5 could threaten ethnic news outlets: https://t.co/xjhG6BfAHw

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

"Then COVID-19 hit — and along with it, a new set of challenges for newspapers..." How #AB5 is hurting ethnic newspapers struggling through #COVID19. Read more in @LATimes: https://t.co/xjhG6BfAHw

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

"Ethnic newspapers, already financially weakened, may be forced to eliminate jobs for a predominantly ethnic workforce...lose much of their content if their daily newspaper collaborators scale back their newsroom staffs, including ethnic media journalists" https://t.co/C4Jk2uRxL3

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

"The trouble with AB 5 is that it takes a cookie-cutter approach to contract workers. If the ethnic news media were forced to turn their freelance contributors into staff reporters, many would have to scale back their coverage or simply fold." @LATimes: https://t.co/xjhG6BfAHw

[I'm Independent Coalition @ImIndependentCo]

“Now the coronavirus lockdown has exposed it as even worse than it first seemed.” #COVID19 has amplified the harm done by #AB5. Read more @Community_Voice https://t.co/gpeASM810H