127. EXCERPT Uber vs. Aslam, CA’s Prop 22, & Fighting for the Global Rights of Gig Workers - LRPN Livestream

<p>Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up of network members.</p> <p>Guests for March 10th, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included Yaseen Aslam (<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber_BV_v_Aslam'>Uber BV v Aslam</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/ADCUnion'>President of the App Drivers & Couriers Union</a>), Willy Solis (<a href='https://www.gigworkerscollective.org/'>Gig Worker Collective</a>), and Maria C. Figueroa (<a href='https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/people/maria-figueroa'>Cornell University-School of Industrial and Labor Relations</a>).</p> <p>LRPN Co-Hosts: Bama Athreya (<a href='https://thegigpodcast.com/'>The Gig Podcast</a>) and Maximilian Alvarez (<a href='https://inthesetimes.com/podcasts/working-people'>Working People Podcast</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/TheRealNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor'>The Real News Network</a>).</p> <p>Topics Discussed: </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">The UK Uber vs. Aslam;</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Organizing against Prop 22; and </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">How to build solidarity in the fight for Global Rights of Gig Workers</li> </ul> <p>Additional Credits: Produced by <a href='https://twitter.com/DCLabor'>Chris Garlock</a> (<a href='https://www.dclabor.org/union-city-radio'>Union City Radio</a>); Producer, engineer, and editor is <a href='https://twitter.com/EvanMatthewPapp'>Evan Matthew Papp</a> (<a href='https://www.empathymedialab.com/'>Empathy Media Lab</a>). </p> <p> </p> <p>Additional Links</p> <p>Episode 3 of The Gig Podcast to learn more about Uber vs. Alsam in <a href='https://anchor.fm/thegig-podcast/episodes/Episode-3-Judgement-Day-eets14/a-a2c9h4n'>Judgement Day</a> Overview: James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam decided to challenge the premise that they were not Uber’s workers.  In the UK we follow their precedent-setting lawsuit as it rises to the UK Supreme Court.  In the US we talk to driv