Biden should cool efforts to make gig workers employees

Published June 21, 2021 1:39pm ET



The Biden Labor Department recently blocked a regulation concerning gig workers and independent contractors, and as Bloomberg reported last week, “The Biden Administration faces mounting pressure from the left to launch an enforcement investigation against a gig power.” The goal: forcing gig companies to classify gig workers as employees who can join a union and pay union dues.

Biden is just making good on his promise to Big Labor union cronies by doubling down on orders and investigations that would hurt gig workers and the many customers who have been able to access desperately needed services such as contactless food delivery and alternative transportation thanks to the gig economy.

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