The NAACP New Bedford Branch strongly opposes a bill now before the Massachusetts legislature, H.1234, which would re-classify "Big Gig" drivers (Lyft and Uber) as independent contractors and no longer treat them as company employees. For many years the NAACP has regarded legislation of this sort as hostile if not destructive to working people. Real jobs with collective bargaining rights provide not only working wages for working families but the right to democratize workplaces. The National Employment Law Project has found that Black workers comprise nearly one quarter of all workers in the gig economy. They and all workers deserve...