Darci Swisher

you’re not fooling anyone

YES!!

Exciting news: I’ll be on @Reddit today to answer any and all questions related to my @freep investigative reporting on unfixed safety defects in cars and trucks on the road. Check it out here! reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…

Wake up, Spartans! It's a beautiful day for football. 💚

@JenReadsRomance There's also a car ferry🤷‍♀️

@Avis What’s going on at Sea-tac? 60 people in a line that’s not moving? Can I cancel free so I can leave?

@PoshmarkSupport My closet just disappeared—I was going back and forth in the comments of an item with someone who was asking about shipping. I got a notification that it seemed spammy and then poof, closet was gone.

Hey @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats this should be an easy bi-partisan "hell no!" With more and more people choosing to #freelance ... do you REALLY believe in the destruction of independent contracting in America in 2024? 70 Million American #freelancers beg you to co-sponsor this legislation to stop the new @USDOL power-grab!

No, it's pro turning everyone into an employee, including the tens of millions of actual independent contractors who don't want to be employees or union members. We're business owners.

Every American should have the right to choose financial freedom, entrepreneurial opportunity, and flexibility. Every American should not be forced by the government to fit into its round hole.

As an independent contractor, I can already check these boxes—and then some. Why are you trying to take away my right to work how I want, where I want, and when I want? #FightForFreelancers

@ActSecJulieSu A third of the U.S. workforce is independent contractors. We also matter. And we also deserve better. Stop attacking our chosen careers. You're supposed to represent us all. #WhatTheHellDOL #FightForFreelancers

"A group of freelance writers and editors has sued the @USDOL, claiming the Biden administration’s new rule ... is illegal and should be struck down." #FightForFreelancers insurancejournal.com/news/national/…

“Independent contractors make a willing choice to give up certain benefits … in exchange for freedom and flexibility that many use to achieve greater financial security, help ailing family members, or put children through college.” amac.us/newsline/socie…

@KevinKileyCA This longtime IC thanks you!

We are using every possible tool to stop the Biden-Su "Independent Contractor" rule from destroying the livelihoods of millions of Americans: First, I'm introducing legislation under the Congressional Review Act to nullify it. This is a fast-track procedure for overriding an executive agency. Second, I've secured language in the Labor Appropriations bill providing that no funds may be spent to enforce the rule, rendering it a dead letter. Third, I've joined with Rep. Elise Stefanik to author the Modern Worker Empowerment Act, which creates a clear legal standard to protect independent workers. Fourth, I've introduced the Department of Labor Succession Act, which has already passed through committee, to stop Julie Su – the architect of AB 5 – from clinging to power despite the Senate rejecting her nomination. Fifth, I expect there will be court challenges to the new rule, based both on the dubious legality of Su remaining in office and the overly broad nature of the rule itself. Finally, as Chair of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, I will continue to conduct rigorous oversight of the Department of Labor and do everything possible to protect workers against this Administration's overreaching policies.

.@SenWarren Please also fight for the right to freelance — after all, we're workers, too. (You and the DOL seem to have forgotten that in your effort to use a broad brushstroke in your new rule and, as a result, threaten businesses, like mine, that ICs have spent years building.)

Yes, it will. A LOT. ⬇️FALSE⬇️

Not the case @ActSecJulieSu. The new rule is an attack on the independent contractor model, on small business, and on entrepreneurship.

She means us. We fully acknowledge that misclassification is very real, and very wrong. That’s why we are so angry about #FreelanceBusting ideologues like her and @ActSecJulieSu doing it to us. #FightForFreelancers