--- title: "November 2019" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/november-2019" date: "2026-06-03T07:10:16+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # November 2019 ## [INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA THREATENS GIG WORKERS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=605:independent-contractor-legislation-in-california-threatens-gig-workers&catid=189) April 01, 2020 | [November 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=189) The California legislature has passed a bill that has been signed by its governor designed to reclassify many or most contract workers as employees. The bill goes into effect January 1 of next year, and applies what is known as the "ABC Test" to employment status. It requires companies that want to treat a worker as a contractor to prove that th… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=605:independent-contractor-legislation-in-california-threatens-gig-workers&catid=189) ## [EEOC GAINS QUORUM AND NEW GENERAL COUNSEL](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=604:eeoc-gains-quorum-and-new-general-counsel&catid=189) April 01, 2020 | [November 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=189) On August 1, 2019, the Senate approved Sharon Gustafson as the EEOC's new General Counsel and Charlotte Burroughs (D) for a second term as a member of the EEOC Commission. Gustafson had been awaiting Senate approval for almost 15 months, giving the Administration its first Senate-confirmed General Counsel. The authority of the EEOC General Couns… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=604:eeoc-gains-quorum-and-new-general-counsel&catid=189) ## [PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STAFFS PLAGUED BY ANTI-WORKER ACCUSATIONS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=602:presidential-campaign-staffs-plagued-by-anti-worker-accusations&catid=189) April 01, 2020 | [November 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=189) At least five Democratic presidential candidates have recognized labor unions as representatives of their campaign staffs, including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Julian Castro, and Eric Swalwell. Democratic candidates are catering to labor union votes, likely because of President Trump's strong support from union households in the la… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=602:presidential-campaign-staffs-plagued-by-anti-worker-accusations&catid=189) ## [APPROVAL OF UNIONS AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN MANY YEARS](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=601:approval-of-unions-at-highest-level-in-many-years&catid=189) April 01, 2020 | [November 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=189) According to a Gallup Poll on August 28 of this year, the approval rating for labor unions among the American public reached 64%. This 64% approval rating is up 16 points from the all-time low just ten years ago. The poll indicated that about 14% of Americans live in a union household. The survey found an 86% approval rating among those li… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=601:approval-of-unions-at-highest-level-in-many-years&catid=189) ## [PRESSURES FROM BOTH SIDES CREATED - AND RESOLVED - GM STRIKE](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600:pressures-from-both-sides-created-and-resolved-gm-strike&catid=189) April 01, 2020 | [November 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=189) The situation between General Motors (GM) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) seemed a "perfect storm" for a labor dispute. GM's profits have reached high levels in 2016 and 2017, before falling last year, with expectations for further downturns in U.S. auto sales. The investment community had the opinion that GM coddled the UAW, and thus avoided… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=600:pressures-from-both-sides-created-and-resolved-gm-strike&catid=189) ## [PRESIDENT TRUMP ISSUES NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO CURB BACK-DOOR REGULATION](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=599:president-trump-issues-new-executive-orders-to-curb-back-door-regulation&catid=189) April 01, 2020 | [November 2019](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=189) President Trump has signed two new executive orders on October 9, 2019 to reduce government regulations without formal rule-making. 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