Political Quotes

“our country is going through a major transition in employment relations. The temporary help industry is exploding. Workers can no longer count on working for the same employer for their entire lives. Now is the time for Federal policy to promote a high-wage/high-skill economy which values workers and encourages employers to invest in the skills and long-term productivity of working people. But the independent contractor provision in the Revenue Reconciliation Act would reclassify and misclassify American working people as independent contractors without wage and benefit guarantees, without unemployment or worker's compensation, without prevailing wage, minimum wage, without protections or equal employment protections. It would reduce American workers. The last time we had a system like the independent contractor provision, we had an America that was filled with company stores. We are not going back to that era. We have to value American workers, invest in them, and give them an opportunity to support their families with decent wages and to have decent benefits.”