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amends the act, and establishes “worker flexibility agreements” which serve to exempt gig workers from the federal minimum wage, preempting state- or city-level laws that enshrine a minimum wage., “The bill creates whole new ways for employers to get out of paying minimum wage and overtime, extending the gig economy’s stress and chaos to millions more workers.”
Earlier today, a labor coalition representing 24 million workers, including Rideshare Drivers United , harshly condemned Cuellar for proposing the bill. In a statement, the Worker Power Coalition called the WFCA “an anti-worker proposal intended to further endanger already vulnerable gig economy workers” and “an attempt by Rep. Henry Cuellar and multibillion dollar corporations to bring Silicon Valley’s union-busting playbook to the federal stage.
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