Support Grows for Cassidy’s CRA to Overturn Biden Rule Threatening 27 Million Independent Contractors
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced 78 organizations have written in support of his Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden’s worker classification rule that threatens the gig economy and jeopardizes the ability of 27 million Americans to work as independent contractors. Last week, Cassidy and 31 Senate Republicans introduced the CRA resolution. The regulation went into effect today.
“Independent contractors, or freelancers, make their own hours to fit their schedule and decide where and how they want to work. Incidentally, they are shielded from forced or coerced unionization that would strip that flexibility away,” said Dr. Cassidy. “This new regulation jeopardizes the livelihood of 27 million workers who want the flexibility to make their own hours and make a living without being pressured into joining a union.”
The Biden administration rule attempts to restrict the ability of American workers to be an independent contractor and take advantage of the flexibility it provides. The rule creates a non-exhaustive, six-factor litmus test for unelected bureaucrats to interpret and decide who is and who is not classified as an independent contractor. It casts as large a net as possible and decreases legal certainty for independent contractors impacted by the regulation. Recently, Cassidy penned an op-ed in Fox News blasting the new DOL rule and its negative effects on American workers.
The supporting organizations include:
4A's - the American Association of Advertising Agencies
Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD)
America First Policy Institute
American Hotel & Lodging Association
American Society of Journalists and Authors
American Trucking Associations
Americans for Limited Government/Americans for Limited Government Foundation
Associated Builders and Contractors
Associated Equipment Distributors
Associated General Contractors of America
Association of Bi-State Motor Carriers
California Business and Industrial Alliance
Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Coalition for Workforce Innovation
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Construction Industry Round Table
Financial Services Institute, Inc.
Heating, Air-conditioning, & Refrigeration Distributors International
Independent Electrical Contractors
Institute for the American Worker
Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
International Franchise Association
International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA)
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
National Association of Convenience Stores
National Association of Electrical Distributors
National Association of Home Builders
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
National Association of Professional Insurance Agents
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
National Council of Chain Restaurants
National Demolition Association (NDA)
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)
National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association
National Public Employer Labor Relations Association
National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
National Restaurant Association
NATSO, Representing America's Travel Plazas and Truckstops
New York New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association Inc.
Shipping Association of New York and New Jersey
SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
Tile Roofing Industry Alliance
Truck Renting and Leasing Association
Workplace Solutions Association
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