Companies steal from freelancers-but new laws could improve things

For millions of freelance workers in the gig economy, delayed and even stolen wages are a routine hardship that leave many scrambling to make ends meet. More than half of all freelance workers have experienced wage theft at least once in their careers, and the majority find little protection or means of recompense from the government. That's where new "Freelance Isn't Free" laws come in to protect freelance workers from nonpayment. First passed in New York City in 2017, Freelance Isn’t Free legislation has helped freelancers recoup hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid invoices over the last 7 years. Now, backed by organizers at the National Writers’ Union and the Freelance Solidarity Project, local and state governments are looking to enact their own Freelance Isn’t Free laws. The Real News speaks with Eric Thurm of the National Writers Union and the Freelance Solidarity Project, along with Keisha "TK" Dutes of the Association of Independents in Radio.
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[@brendasmart553]

I had a college graphics design professor that knew of calls for logo art & such and gave us assignments in contest fashion, tho didnt tell us about the real contest. He later copied us for his own submissions. One was for bottled glacier water and he said mine looked like a label for a can of oil!! Im from Alaska, i knew better. Sometime later i saw my design tweaked barely enough to be different... Clearly he stole my work as well as others! He lost his job end of our semester for drinking alcohol in class too! I never turned him in.

[@lawrencefurman1246]

Why didn't you turn him in?

[@brendasmart553]

@@lawrencefurman1246 Ughhh, well let's just say life happened & needed tending so it didn't raise to my priority level is why. I do wish others younger than I did, for I was older & a mother in college regrouping our lives.

[@brendasmart553]

@@lawrencefurman1246 Plus his own Karma can become a bitch...

[@koiyujo1543]

Lol so he basically got caught ​@brendasmart553

[@creativecatalyst777]

I just saw your headline line and panicked... I didn't even know Lance was in trouble (give me 20 minutes, I'll make a sign, and I'll meet you in front of the prison gate) Free Lance Boils... Free Lance Boils

[@RichiePittsburghtv]

Hmmm