{"id":4563,"date":"2024-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2025-04-06T00:58:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:58:04","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-785-monday-12th-february-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2024\/02\/12\/yarrabug-radio-show-785-monday-12th-february-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #785 Monday 12th February 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" data-attachment-id=\"4565\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2024\/02\/12\/yarrabug-radio-show-785-monday-12th-february-2024\/gigworkershub\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?fit=1080%2C810&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,810\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GigWorkersHub\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?fit=676%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?resize=676%2C507&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?resize=250%2C188&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?resize=945%2C709&amp;ssl=1 945w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GigWorkersHub.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub><em>Gig Workers Hub, currently located at 227-229 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3EsI6XR25j\/\">Gig Workers Hub instagram<\/a><\/em><\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On this weeks program Chris chats to Davis&nbsp;Clayton from the <a href=\"https:\/\/gigworkers.org.au\/\">Gig Workers Hub<\/a> currently based at Micro-labs,&nbsp;227-229 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Davis talks about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2023-09-10\/delivery-riders-gig-worker-hub-melbourne-refuge\/102829374\">being a food delivery worker<\/a>, how the&nbsp;Gig Workers Hub was created, outreach, facilities avaliable for delivery workers, the recent rise of the gig economy, how&nbsp;apps, literally running on autopilot, control how people work and&nbsp;pitfalls like hours of unpaid downtime, examples like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/business\/workplace\/milkrun-failed-to-deliver-but-i-can-tell-you-it-was-a-wild-ride-20230412-p5czt0.html\">Milkrun for living wage<\/a>, recent developments like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwc.gov.au\/about-us\/closing-loopholes-act-whats-changing#:~:text=The%20Fair%20Work%20Legislation%20Amendment,protected%20action%20ballot%20order%20conferences.\">Closing Loopholes Act<\/a> included in FairWork, Transport Workers Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twu.com.au\/campaigns\/\">delivery workers campaigns<\/a>, despite being opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/twu.asn.au\/twu-meets-with-melbourne-councillors-a-win-for-twu-members-as-melbourne-cbd-bike-lane-plans-are-paused\/\">City of Melbourne protected cycle lanes<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please support their current GoFundMe fundraiser: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/keep-gig-workers-employed-at-the-gig-workers-hub\">Keep gig workers employed at the Gig Workers&#8217; Hub<\/a>&nbsp;to help the hub move to a new location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local news includes the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/24716661104648808\">Critical Mass for 2024<\/a>, travelling&nbsp;to Footscray Road on Friday 23 February, organised by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bikewest.org\/\">BikeWest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100086516980255\">Kidical Mass Melbourne<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jrpag\">Joseph Road Precinct Action Group<\/a>, meeting 5.30pm at the State Library on Swanston<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Cyclists of the west have put up with a lot of unsafe crap over the past year due to the construction of the West Gate \u201cTunnel\u201d. We are gonna take out some of our frustration by massing up and heading down Footscray or Dynon Road&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this weeks program Chris chats to Davis&nbsp;Clayton from the Gig Workers Hub currently based at Micro-labs,&nbsp;227-229 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Davis talks about being a food delivery worker, how the&nbsp;Gig Workers Hub was created, outreach, facilities avaliable for delivery workers,&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2024\/02\/12\/yarrabug-radio-show-785-monday-12th-february-2024\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-show-summary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ksuk-1bB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2688,"url":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2017\/04\/12\/yarrabug-radio-show-435-monday-10th-april-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":4563,"position":0},"title":"YarraBUG Radio Show #435 Monday 10th April 2017","author":"admin","date":"12 April 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Food delivery riders getting raw deal from \"gig economy\": this week Chris talks to\u00a0Asher Wolf\u00a0about her article\u00a0Meet The Food Delivery Workers In The Decentralised Dickensian Online Gig Economy\u00a0and what needs to happen to protect vulnerable workers in this deregulated service industry. 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