Gig Workers vs. Big Tech
Podcast |
Latino USA
Publisher |
Futuro Media
PRX
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Nov 19, 2021
Episode Duration |
01:01:16

How does technology affect labor? How are tech corporations like Uber and Lyft redefining what it means to be a worker in the United States?

California has been ground zero for cementing the “gig work” business model of these companies into law. A year ago this month, the state passed Proposition 22 to allow app-based firms like Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as contractors instead of employees.

In this episode of Latino USA we follow a group of drivers who are mobilizing across California – and using their own technology to take on Big Tech. Their fight is not only about their own labor protections as drivers, but a battle to prevent this labor model from spreading to other sectors of the U.S. economy.

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