'There are millions of workers who are left unprotected by the country’s most important labor law, and who can’t join most unions even if they wanted to.'
Unions are more popular than they’ve been in almost two decades, thanks to successful organizing efforts in new sectors like digital media and fast food, revitalized labor action in more traditional industries like education and manufacturing, and the threat of a general strike helping end a painful government shutdown.
Government employees, agricultural laborers, independent contractors, and supervisors , as well as domestic workers and those covered by the Railway Labor Actfrom the NLRA. Some of these workers are also not covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act or the Fair Labor Standards Act ; in addition, those classified as independent contractors are responsible for paying their own federal and state income taxes .
This imperfect law still governs the lives of working people today, and the way an employer uses it to classify the people who work for them has a huge impact on an employee’s ability to protect and advocate for themselves. Worker misclassification under the NLRA is the source of many of the ongoing labor disputes in multiple industries, from tech to digital media.who are left unprotected by the country’s most important labor law, and who can’t join most unions even if they wanted to.
Back in 2015, the Seattle city council passed a law ensuring for-hire drivers the right to organize and collectively bargain with their employers, a significant win that — like many other actions aimed at addressing ride-sharing companies’ problematic business practices — is unfortunately currently tied up in the courts.
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