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Advocating for California freelance writers and small business people adversely affecting by CA AB 5.

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Press Release: California Freelance Writers United Proposes Amendment to AB5

Changes to the new law will preserve thousands of independent writers’ and freelance journalists’ rights and livelihoods.

Freelance Journalists Sue State of California Over Impending Gig Worker Law

American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc. and the National Press Photographers Association filed the second major challenge to AB 5, since truckers took to the courts.

AB 5: See the New Law in Full

Read the actual text of the California Assembly Bill No. 5, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on September 18, 2019.

Hit by AB 5? So many Californians and fellow Americans are negatively impacted—some devastated—by the rushed rollout of State Assembly Bill No. 5 into law.
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News and Resources

Press Release: House of Representatives Passes PRO Act, Set to Devastate Independent Contracting and Small Businesses Nationwide

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020

Statement: CAFWU looks forward to relief for those negatively impacted by AB5

February 7, 2020

Press Release: Anti-Independent Contractor Law AB5 Not Working in California; Other States and Congress Must Avoid Same Devastating Mistake

February 6, 2020February 6, 2020

Press Release: California Freelance Writers United Proposes Amendment to AB5

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

How to Find Your California State Representatives Quickly

December 22, 2019

Wendy Bowman: I’m losing freelance writing work left and right

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019

Freelance Journalists Sue State of California Over Impending Gig Worker Law

December 17, 2019December 22, 2019

Vox Cuts Hundreds of Freelance Jobs in California, Cites AB 5 Law

December 16, 2019December 21, 2019

AB 5: See the New Law in Full

December 16, 2019December 22, 2019