Episode 294
294: Will Swaim—The Ballad of Tom Odom
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
January 17, 20231h 21m
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (claritaspod.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Will Swaim, journalist and president of the California Policy Center, educates us on CA Assembly Bill 5 (AB5,) which seeks to turn independent contractors into employees, and how it's negatively affecting 70,000+ independent California truckers; truckers like Tom Odom, who calls in from the road to let us know why he is A.) part of a class action lawsuit and B.) moving to Texas. Spoiler Alert: it's because of AB5! Will Swaim's article about AB5 and Tom Odom Contact Tom with your AB5 story at [email protected]