[sorethescore]

Workers should be entitled to a minimum wage, business expense reimbursements, employee benefits, rest breaks, and all the other benefits afforded to employees under California state law. AB5 is a good law and should be implemented Federally.

[smeej]

People who run their own businesses using their own equipment (truck owner operators) should be free to negotiate their own contracts with whomever they choose to work for under whatever terms both parties deem acceptable.

[anon291]

Yeah I don't get it. The drivers own their trucks. This makes finding a new job exceptionally easy and there's no capital expenditure on behalf of the hiring company for new equipment. Moreover, truckers are free to change between shippers as much as they want.

[sokoloff]

Employees should be entitled to employee benefits. Business owners should not.

If I start a business to write iPhone apps, who exactly should be responsible for paying me a minimum wage to do that, covering my business expenses, and affording me health insurance until my app business is self-sustaining (which might never happen)?