Unions Pushing to Add Stage Hands to Misclassification Bill

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe Tennessee AFL-CIO and a sister union that represents entertainment workers has launched a campaign to add stage hands to protection under a controversial bill aimed at ending employee misclassification in the construction industry.Lawmakers have wrangled throughout the 2010 session over how to prevent workers at construction sites from being improperly classified as independent contractors by employers seeking to avoid paying unemployment taxes and workers' compensation premiums.The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in January to suspend a n...