Arizona senators need to protect the state’s gig workers
During the Covid pandemic, a time of economic hardship, the flexibility and additional income of independent contract work played a critical role in helping countless Arizona households make ends meet—in fact, nearly a third of all small business employees in Arizona worked as gig or independent workers in 2021.
But that income and flexibility could now be in jeopardy, and Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema may play a key role in protecting the livelihoods of gig workers across the nation. (Photo by Pexels)
Arizona senators need to protect the state’s gig workers
Covid hurt the Arizona economy more than it did most states, with the Grand Canyon State ranking 12th in the nation for the biggest increase in unemployment and seventh for...
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