Ex-Caribou Barbie

#RepealAB5 #NoPROAct

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

Tell me again how this isn’t about destroying the careers of independent contractors and unionizing us against our will

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@thewebbie Suggestion: Organize another restaurant crawl, and ask everyone in it to act as if the attention-seeking bike riders are invisible. Totally turn your backs on the street where the bikes are, and enjoy the party. :)

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@BillWiIdin @lesser_mfl I would like to see people who need long-term care be allowed to keep one property and maybe a certain amount of money in the bank even if they have to go on Medicaid/Medi-Cal. My aunt lost everything while in long-term care. Everything she worked for her whole life was gone.

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@lesser_mfl @BillWiIdin My dad felt the same way, but at the end he was completely delusional and sometimes violent, even to the point where two of my brothers couldn't handle him physically. At that point yes, he did go into a nursing home, for a brief time until his death.

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

100% true. This is exactly what similar AB5 did to working people in California, where its Democrat supporters called it "helping the workers" and mocked the hundreds of thousands of people who lost their jobs.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@JimVandeHei Their top labor boss priority is the Pro Act. It will ban Right to Work nationwide and wreck the livelihood of freelancers and independent contractors nationwide.

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

This is my terrific state Assemblyman @MikeInganamort. Say it louder! 👏👏👏

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@Leonajardinho In a perfect free-market world you'd have someone who sold affordable boots of decent quality, kind of like Toyota does with cars. I wish someone would do that with our healthcare system. But probably not in my lifetime. ;P

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[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

Glad to see @Chewy on here. ♥️

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[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@CeCeCarpenter3 @iAnonPatriot @grok California: My friend's wheelchair wheel broke, he had to be carried and beg friends and family for money to get his chair fixed.

Netherlands: Another friend's wife had to start using a wheelchair permanently, health system installed cabinets in house so she could reach them.

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@KingOffX_ @BernieSanders *in the name

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@KingOffX_ @BernieSanders Just wait until the PRO Act passes and millions of people are out of work. See similar AB5 in California, all the name of "helping the workers" by destroying their lives.

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

The PRO ACT would inject the ABC Test for independent contractors into federal law

We just had a public-comment process about this ABC Test in New Jersey. About 9,500 written comments--with 99% of them opposed

That was after a standing-room-only public hearing, 3-to-1 opposed

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

This is the line: “Give everyone the right to organize”

We already have that right. We can choose a traditional job and a union. Right now

The PRO Act is about is restricting our freedom to make other choices, including to be our own bosses as independent contractors

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@Jasoncoderx Also, if you spend time in the hospital (as I did for an appendectomy), make absolutely sure that the hospital sends the bill to your insurance company before the deadline set by the insurance company. My local hospital did not do this until I prodded them repeatedly to do so.

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

Any response to this, @NJLaborDept? Or do you just ignore people whose jobs are on the line?

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

Reality: The New Jersey Labor Department and acting Commissioner Kevin Jarvis openly defied an estimated 9,500 written public comments that were 99% opposed to this ABC Test rule being imposed in the first place

Reality: Jarvis told the publication Law360 that he only considered about 250 of the opposition comments to be “unique” because a lot of people signed form letters and sent them in. He also told Law360 that a single comment in support of the rule (there were only 26 such comments) should count as representing “thousands or upward to a million” people. He repeated this claim in testimony before the Senate Labor Committee in May

Current spin: “Jarvis … said he and his department are taking calls and meetings with any business or freelancer who has concerns about the uncertainty of the ABC rules”

https://t.co/5aCL6rjS2n

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@straykatsrock @BillMelugin_ @SenFettermanPA He needs to publicly reject the PRO Act (DSA's "top national priority, which would basically destroy all independent contractors in the U.S.) before I can be enthusiastic about him. https://t.co/CCYm6ABkX7

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

@jaekwondo_ @houmanhemmati I was thinking Bukele.

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

According to the NJBIA, acting New Jersey Labor Commissioner Kevin Jarvis said this week that "he and his department are taking calls and meetings with any business or freelancer who has concerns about the uncertainty of the ABC rules. He noted that accessibility also falls in line with the Sherrill administration’s goal of making New Jersey more business friendly."

Attached is the email I sent to the Sherrill administration seven months ago requesting a meeting about the ABC Test rule for independent contractors. As you can see, I identify myself as a freelancer in the very first line

Also attached is the only response that I ever received from the Sherrill administration

[Ex-Caribou Barbie @dtr300]

Another downhill step for California. 🤮

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