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294: Will Swaim—The Ballad of Tom Odom

Jan 17, 2023

01:21:49

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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Uber Drivers, Uber Truckers, Etc.

02:59

NetSuite - The Number One Financial System for Growing Businesses

03:36

California Policy Center

02:39

Introduction

3min

Freelancing and the Gig Economy - What's Next?

2min

The Freedom to Work the Way You Want to Work

2min

What's Up With Radio Free Europe?

2min

Are You Comparing California to an Occupied Land?

4min

The Assembly Bill Isn't Saying You Must Leave

2min

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Uber Drivers, Uber Truckers, Etc.

3min

AB5 - The Independent Trucker, Is It Legislative?

5min

NetSuite - The Number One Financial System for Growing Businesses

4min

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The Supply Chain Is a Land Grab, Right?

2min

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Stalin or Hitler? What's the Difference?

4min

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D. Koolock-Ization

6min

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Are You an Independent Trucker?

3min

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What Happened to the Longshoreman's Union?

5min

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Blinkist Connect - The Best Way to Broaden Your Horizons

4min

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The Gospel Leads Me to Marxism

4min

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California Policy Center

3min

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What's the Story of Tom Odom?

3min

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Chuck Odom, Is Your Phone on a Box of Kleenex?

4min

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Willard Chuck, What Are You Going to Do Now?

4min

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AB 5 Is Crushing the California Economy

2min

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What Do You Think About AB5?

5min

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Will's Story Did a Lot of Good. I'm Going to Share It With Six Million People on Facebook

2min

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The Ballad of Tom Odom and the 70,000 Other California Men and Women Who Look and Act Just Like Tom ODOM

2min

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I'm a Young Wife, but Someone Has to Do It

2min

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You're Like a Married Couple, Heather?

2min

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The Crap App - Where Are You Now?

2min

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The Crap App Identifies the Most Recent Pile of Human Feces

2min

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All You Got to Do Is Leave a Quick Five Star Review

3min

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

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