Advocacy & Outreach
±¬ÁÏ¹Ï supports the issues affecting translators and interpreters and actively promotes the value of their services.
Statement of Position Regarding California Assembly Bill 5 and Request for Exemption
The California State Assembly recently passed a bill that ±¬ÁÏ¹Ï believes will improperly classify the majority of the association’s members as employees, when in fact…
±¬ÁÏ¹Ï Issues Statement on AB 5 and Mandatory Employee Classification
The recent passage of Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) in California will reclassify freelance translators and interpreters as employees beginning January 1, with devastating effect financially on many of our colleagues working in the state.
Public Outreach Presentations: Change Perceptions Outside our Industry
This past fall, Veronika Demichelis and I had the opportunity to speak about translation and interpreting at Rice University. My hope is that in sharing…
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