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After passage in the House early last month, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, also called the PRO Act, now awaits consideration in the Senate. The bill could force millions of Americans, including many Latinos, out of independent contracting to push them into traditional employment, robbing them of the flexibility they value in their … Read More

Maggie Escalante knows what it means to hustle. As a homeschool mom of three boys and a graphic design educator, she loves having the ability to earn an income to support her family while taking care of her kids.   How is she able to do this?   “I am an independent contractor, and I have been for the past seven years,” she says. “There’s no other job like mine, because … Read More

Daniel Garza, president of The LIBRE Initiative, notes in a new op-ed that all the talk in Washington on the need to do something about infrastructure doesn’t have much to do with infrastructure. In Real Clear Policy, Garza writes: Instead of a carefully crafted bill with a focus on genuine problems, leaders are trying to … Read More

Recently, bureaucrats in Denver proposed a plan to reduce emissions by creating an employee traffic reduction program for statewide consideration. The goal of this plan is to improve our air quality through reduced single commuter trips. However, businesses with 100 employees will be expected to participate by creating a trip-reduction plan that will force workers … Read More

As Congress considers the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or the PRO Act, businesses and independent contractors are wondering: What would this legislation mean for the way I work? The LIBRE Initiative’s Ivette Diaz, Policy Director Kevin Hernandez, and Government Affairs Legislative Liaison Josselin Castillo met last week over Facebook Live to answer that … Read More