Theatre Advocates Mobilize In Response to California?s Gig Worker Law
by Rotimi Agbabiaka  Last month, California?s AB5 went into effect, requiring companies across the state to reclassify their independent contractors as employees. The law, which was aimed at the profit-maximizing practices of tech giants like Uber and Lyft, has had an overwhelming effect on the cash-strapped theatre industry, which routinely classifies its working artists as independent contractors. While prop…