Cheap Labor

Our local daily newspaper, the Corporate Democrat, ran a beefy editorial today attacking Assembly Bill 5, which will turn many "independent contractors" into people with company jobs and benefits. The editorial writers are particularly upset because no exemption will be granted for adult newspaper carriers. "Most carriers have second jobs," they point out, as if that should count in the favor of the corporation.  

What we have now (for many) is a gig economy where the worker gets no benefits and a non-living wage and works three jobs to survive. That's socially unhealthy.  Assembly Bill 5 is an attempt to change things. 

Our daily paper is a corporation insisting we supply it with cheap labor. 

(What a country we have!)