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Burgess Owens: “One example of the Biden era overreach is this effort to…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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'Discuss The Factors': Owens Asks NLRB Head When Student Athletes Should Be Classified As Employees

Published | Video Starts at 00:20

There's no exaggeration that the nlrb, under the previous administration, rigged the system to favor union leadership over both workers and employers as a problem, a serious problem, since the NLRB is supposed to act as a neutral mediator between unions, workers and employers. One example of the Biden era overreach is this effort to reclassify independent contractors as employees. even when both employers and workers do not want the reclassification. That's why I'm championing the Rural Health Care act, which would codify local tenants as independent contractors. (00:20–00:34)

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Asserts that the Biden administration attempted to reclassify independent contractors as employees.

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