Trucker Protests and Finding the Line Between Employees and Contractors; Also, Overdosing on Beautiful Faces

July 26, 2022 00:49:11
Trucker Protests and Finding the Line Between Employees and Contractors; Also, Overdosing on Beautiful Faces
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Trucker Protests and Finding the Line Between Employees and Contractors; Also, Overdosing on Beautiful Faces

Jul 26 2022 | 00:49:11

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Hosted By

James Keys Tunde Ogunlana

Show Notes

Seeing trucker protests nearly shutting down cargo operations at the Port of Oakland over a legal classification issue, and James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana break down the issue of independent contractor v employee and debate whether regulators are clearly overreaching or are justified in their efforts to rebalance working relationships (01:15).  The guys also react to recent discussions about whether we can be exposed to too many beautiful faces and whether that can have negative effects on us (26:29).

Trucker protest shuts down operations at California port (ABC News)

What is AB5? The Bill Behind LA's Trucker Protest (Local NBC LA)

Independent truck drivers protest “gig worker law” AB5 at Port of Oakland (The Oaklandside)

California trucking prepares for shake-up under independent contractor law AB5 (Freight Waves)

Independent Contractor Defined (IRS.gov)

We weren’t meant to see this many beautiful faces (The Face)

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