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294: Will Swaim—The Ballad of Tom Odom

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

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Introduction

Tom Odom is a long haul trucker who lives in California and owns his own rig. He's going to have to leave the state soon because of a little thing called California AB5. It's an attempt to destroy the gig economy or freelance work as we understand it. 70,000 truckers are about to lose their livelihoods unless they fall in line and get an actual job with a trucking company.

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