Require progressive job posting boards and list servs to only post PAID internship postings (no stipends and paid a living wage) AND to only post positions which will be paid as employees NOT independent contractors.
Why is this important?
We, as progressives, believe in workers rights. Yet all too often, non profit organizations, political campaigns, for profit companies, and political organizations post jobs that either are unpaid internships or that pay workers as independent contractors instead of employees -- which means the worker is responsible for 100% of the taxes on their compensation and 100% responsible for benefits they would have otherwise received as an employee.
This is unfair to workers across the United States. If we can get these progressive job boards to stop posting unpaid internships and to only post jobs which are paid as employees (W2, not 1099), we can cut off the pipeline of applicants.
By cutting off their supply of applicants, I believe we can force non profit organizations and for profit companies to do the right thing, pay their interns a living wage, and to pay their fair share of taxes and benefits.
