California’s New Law That Vox Supported Just Cost Hundreds Of Vox Writers Their Jobs

Left-wing outlet Vox supported California’s controversial new law targeting “gig” workers — including contractors who work for ride share companies and freelance writers — arguing that those sounding the alarm over the law fail to understand how it’s really going to “protect” independent contractors. With the law going into effect in January, Vox Media has just informed hundreds of its freelancers that they’ve been cut. Out of the hundreds, only about 20 will potentially get a part-time or full-time job with the company.

In October, about a month after California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) was passed, Vox’s Alexia Fernández Campbell defended the law by insisting to the outlet’s readers and freelancers that “the alternative to AB 5 would be worse“: