ABOUT The Team

Bama Athreya, HOST

Bama Athreya, PhD has over two decades’ experience advocating for labor rights in solidarity with worker organizations around the world. She has worked with governments, multilateral organizations and other stakeholders to advocate for the labor market policy we need for the 21st century.  She recently completed a fellowship with Open Society Foundations.

Other Articles and Interviews:

With one Huge Victory Down, UK Drivers Move to Next Battle (Inequality.org, April 5, 2021)

Five Ways the Biden Labor Team Can Tame the Gig Economy (Inequality.org, January 25, 2021)

Uber and Lyft Notch Another Victory (Inequality.org, November 9, 2020)

Uber’s Achilles Heel: Rule of Law (connected2work.org, July 28, 2020)

A Pandemic is No Time for Precarious Work (Inequality.org, March 27, 2020)

Driven to Organize: App-Based Drivers Launch New Global Network (Inequality.org, February 10, 2020)

Listen to my interview with KERA Think on why gig workers are essential workers: 
https://think.kera.org/2020/04/21/how-can-a-worker-be-both-essential-and-low-paid/

Listen to my interviews on Counterspin on what we can do to support gig worker organizing:
https://fair.org/home/bama-athreya-on-gig-economy-covid-19/

https://fair.org/home/kimberly-inez-mcguire-on-abortion-realities-bama-athreya-on-defending-gig-workers/

Follow me on Twitter: @bathreya1, @podcastgig

Follow me on Medium: @bamaathreya

Evan Papp, Empathy Media Lab, Season 2 Producer

Evan is a seasoned communications professional and founder of Empathy Media Lab, providing policy communications for advocates and organizers focused on labor and political economy issues. 

Twitter:  @empathymedialab; Tiktok: @empathymedialab

Website:  https://www.empathymedialab.com/

John Ross: Editor & Producer

John Ross is a podcast editor and producer based in New York City.
With a background in television commercial music he takes a musical approach to podcast production.

John’s website: http://www.jcrossmusic.com
Contact John