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Joe Courtney: “It is time to face the facts. Without strong safeguards in place, workers will continue to be vulnerable to…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2023
It is time to face the facts. Without strong safeguards in place, workers will continue to be vulnerable to misclassification, to wage theft, and other violations of their rights that wind up costing working families and all taxpayers billions of dollars.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney emphasizes the need for protections against worker exploitation to prevent economic losses.

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