Fox News Opinion: Biden's union-label Labor secretary pick must be stopped. Look what she did to California
Julie Su was notorious for cracking down on independent contractors in California
RIGHT TO WORK EXPERT AVAILABLE: Mark Mix, is President of the National Right to Work Committee which is a 2.8-million-member public policy organization. He also serves as President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.
In Joe Biden’s America, Big Labor privilege and power take precedence over workers, even union workers. The latest example is Biden’s nomination of Julie Su, a pro-Big Labor radical, to be the secretary of Labor.
Su left a trail of economic destruction in her wake as she rose through the ranks of California’s labor department, and is now poised to direct California-style destruction to the entire country if approved to lead America’s labor bureaucracy.
As secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Su was notorious for cracking down on independent contractors through her aggressive enforcement of Assembly Bill 5. AB5 subjects workers to a stringent "ABC test" to determine their employment status, such that many independent contractors were forcibly reclassified as full employees.
Most independent contractors say they do not want to become employees, and value the flexibility independent contracting affords. In the wake of AB5’s passage, more than one million freelancers lost work. To quell public outrage, the California legislature carved out scores of professions from the draconian legislation so that it no longer applied to musicians, translators, writers, photographers and many others.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has suggested that AB5’s sponsors and enforcers may have had no legitimate policy objectives in mind when granting exemptions to AB5, and instead acted out of "animus" by targeting companies that facilitate vast swaths of independent contracting.
Unlike independent contractors, traditional employees are subject to unionization. In non-Right to Work California, unionized workers can be forced to pay union dues as a condition of getting or keeping a job. Can you smell the money? Union bosses can and so can the politicians that enable them.
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BIO: Mark became President of the Committee and Foundation in 2003. Under the leadership of Mr. Mix, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has continued to provide unparalleled free legal assistance to workers and has utilized cutting-edge legal strategies to protect workers from the abuses of compulsory unionism. Mr. Mix frequently appears on national television shows including Fox News Channel’s Your World: With Neil Cavuto, Glenn Beck and Fox & Friends, and has also appeared multiple times on CNBC and CNN. Mr. Mix also often serves as a guest on nationally syndicated radio shows such as the Lars Larson Show, Jason Lewis Show, Michael Reagan Show and the Jim Bohannon Show.
Similarly, Mr. Mix’s writings have appeared in national outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Washington Examiner and National Review. His pieces have also been featured in widely read regional publications across the country including the Detroit Free Press, the Orange County Register, and the Detroit News. Mr. Mix is also a sought-after speaker on political technology and grassroots lobbying tactics. He often travels across the country, speaking and training participants in the political process.
Mark Mix holds a BA in Finance from James Madison University and an Associate Degree in Marketing from the State University of New York. Prior to joining the National Right to Work Committee in 1990, Mr. Mix worked for several state-level Right to Work groups. He joined the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation in 1999.
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Mark Mix, is President of the National Right to Work Committee which is a 2.8-million-member public policy organization. He also serves as President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.