Bedoya describes why the FTC has turned its attention to the problem of #WorkerMisclassification, in which employees are falsely claimed to be contractors, and thus deprived of the rights that workers are entitled to. Worker misclassification is *rampant*, and it transfers *billions* from workers to employers every year.

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> More broadly, the organizers are calling on Amazon to […] recognize its drivers as employees rather than subcontractors.

Yes, this is crucial, and all workers under such tight control by a boss, must be classified as employees with all the benefits that brings.

#WorkerMisclassification

@nat

Abruzzo has taken a series of muscular, bold moves to protect American workers, turning the tide in the #ClassWar that the #OnePercent has waged on workers since the #Reagan administration. For example, #Abruzzo is working to turn #WorkerMisclassification - the fiction that an employee is a small business contracting with their boss, a staple of the #GigEconomy - into an #UnfairLaborPractice:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/01/10/see-you-in-the-funny-papers/#bidens-legacy

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Amazon now has the luxury of terminating its contract with the union's employer - the cutout that allows Amazon to maintain the #WorkerMisclassification pretext that these drivers in Amazon vans wearing Amazon uniforms delivering Amazon packages don't work for Amazon.

Amazon *hates* unions in ways that are hard for everyday people to grasp. One of the organizers of the union drive has been illegally terminated in retaliation for his labor activism:

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/amazon-delivery-owner-says-he-was-punished-for-supporting-union

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