Episode 31: Claire Kelloway on Prop 22, Big Tech and Reviving the Anti-Trust Movement

“Prop 22 is about excluding gig workers from basic labor protections.”

From https://www.foodandpower.net/our-team: Claire Kelloway is a senior reporter and researcher with the Open Markets Institute. She is the primary writer for Food & Power, a first-of-its-kind website, providing original reporting and resources on monopoly power and economic concentration in the food system. Her writing on food and agriculture has appeared in the American Prospect, ProPublica, Civil Eats, the Washington Monthly, and more.

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Episode #31 Notes

Background on Prop 22 in California.

1:00 - Prop 22 in California - tell us about it.

5:45 - The disinformation campaign around Prop 22

8:45 - Fair Labor Standards Act as it relates to Prop 22.

11:30 - The Gig Economy, Prop 22, and the implications for the workforce outside of California that we should be thinking about.

14:30 - Healthcare provision in Prop 22.

18:00 - What kind of organizing are you seeing amongst gig economy workers to reverse Prop 22?

22:30 - Anti-trust as a tool to manage gig companies.

27:00 - Amazon. On market dominance, how they do it, and how that’s problematic.

29:30 - How has Amazon kept people across political parties more or less placated?

33:30 - The vertical and horizontal integration of Amazon, and how that gives it an unfair advantage.

38:30 - Amazon and labor issues.

42:00 - Automation in retail and distribution. What types of technology are we seeing?

52:45 - How will other big retailers react to the technology and automation distributions from Amazon?

56:00 - The darker side of Amazon’s operational innovations.

1:00 - Book recommendations!

Trick Mirror, Jia Tolentino

The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America’s Food Business, Christopher Leonard

Food and Power, Claire Kelloway