The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
294: Will Swaim—The Ballad of Tom Odom
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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 myab5story@gmail.com