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Dynamex Law Will Gut Black Newspapers in California
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Dynamex Law Will Gut Black Newspapers in California

Regina B. Wilson, Executive Director, California Black MediaSeptember 8, 2019

  This is a direct appeal to Governor Gavin Newsom, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez and our entire state legislature. I’m writing this on behalf of the more than 20 African American-owned newspapers that operate in cities and towns across California. As the leaders we’ve elected to represent and protect the interests of all Californians, we are asking each of you to search your hearts, look beyond blind spots, step in, and do the one thing that will prevent Assembly Bill 5 from putting the Black press in California out of business. That is: Exempt the contract couriers who deliver our newspapers

Rideshare Drivers, Union Form Alliance in Support of AB5
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Rideshare Drivers, Union Form Alliance in Support of AB5

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterSeptember 5, 2019

Over 100 Uber and Lyft drivers formed a caravan on August 25, embarking on a three day trip to Sacramento in support of AB5, a bill that would redefine independent contractor status in California.  Members of two unions, the Mobile Workers Alliance and Gig Workers Rising, joined the drivers; the group also stopping to rally at Uber headquarters in San Francisco and returning home on August 28.