On April 15, 2021
Over 50 participants joined the Association of Language Companies (ALC) for its annual advocacy event, ALC on the Hill, to lobby US politicians on issues relevant to the language industry. The campaign, which wrapped up on March 19, 2021, consisted of virtual meetings with 70 offices from 17 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Among the most important topics covered, worker classification flexibility; that is, allowing translators and interpreters (T&Is) to work for clients and language service providers (LSPs) without necessarily being employees.
On March 6, 2021, House Democrats passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, an amendment to existing legislation intended to make union organizing and collective bargaining easier for employees.