Making the Case: Gig Economy Reform and Canadian Elections

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🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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California lawmakers are making moves to reform how businesses treat their gig economy workers. Election season is underway, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a tough reelection campaign. Lucky for Canada, election season is only six weeks long. Also on today’s show: 18 years after the 9/11 attacks, teachers continue to wrestle with how to teach students about a pivotal event that happened before they were born. PS – We’re hosting an event at Skimm HQ on Friday featuring New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. They won a Pulitzer for reporting on allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein. If you’re in town, join us by RSVPing here. If you can’t make it, call and leave us a voicemail with a question to ask Kantor and Twohey at 646-461-6370. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Wednesday, September 11th.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.2	they matter.
0:09.4	A new bill in California aims to help out everyone from your Uber driver to your food delivery
0:14.0	guy.
0:15.0	We'll connect the dots on what this new bill is supposed to do and why big companies are
0:19.1	kind of freaking out about it.
0:21.2	Then it's election season.
0:22.6	Yes, here, but also in Canada.
0:25.8	It started today and it'll all be over next month.
0:28.3	Be jealous.
0:29.3	And finally, you're invited to a special end of the week event.
0:32.7	We'll tell you about it at the end of the show.
0:34.6	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:36.6	Let's skim this.
0:39.4	The most complicated story today is about the gig economy.
0:42.8	Yesterday, the California State Senate passed a bill that could have a huge impact on whether
0:47.7	people working for apps you probably use all the time are treated as contractors or employees.
0:53.4	We're talking Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Stordash.
0:57.0	This bill is a big deal for a lot of people.
1:00.1	It still has to pass the state assembly and get signed by the governor.
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