Can an independent contractor be subject to participate in “unpaid training”?

Can an independent contractor be subject to participate in “unpaid training”?

The company is a clothing manufacturer, the work was as a wholesale customer service rep, I completed one week of unpaid training, followed by 3 weeks of full-time employment. a W-9 was filled out 2 weeks after I started, after being terminated for seeking supplemental income I filled out form S-8 because I’m not quit sure I was an independent contractor. They haven’t paid me for this time and I never signed a contract or used the words “unpaid training” in correspondence.

Asked on July 19, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, California

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