January 27, 2020 | InterpretAmerica
Every day throughout California, interpreters and translators assist ordinary people in bridging language barriers to make our lives, communities, and economy work.
But a sweeping new law in 2020 aimed at ending exploitation of workers, AB 5, contains a critical mistake in its terms. This error in the code is having a devastating impact on highly skilled language professionals, many whom are women and immigrants, who devoted years of training to develop their expertise serving others and contributing nearly $2 billion to the state’s economy.
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The Joint National Committee on Languages (JNCL) supports ATA’s position and the efforts of CoPTIC to achieve success in California
.” –William P. Rivers, Executive Director, JNCL
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