The last pod in our summer series takes a look at one of 2022's best pieces of investigative journalism.

Since it arrived on our streets over a decade ago, Uber has prided itself on being a "disrupter" with little regard for convention.

At the heart of their business model is a fanatical commitment to upend the employer/employee relationship and create a new army of sole contractors working on their tech platform with Uber having no responsibility for them, and with drivers having no rights and entitlements.

This high-tech exploitation has made it a massive company that has caused controversy wherever it goes.

In July of 2022 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a trove of documents and emails from Uber's inner sanctum that reveal how the company was able to curry favour with governments and institutions around the world to achieve its aims.

The Uber Files are a stunning insight into how Uber inveigled their way into the realm of prime ministers, presidents, bureaucrats and power brokers to get things done. 

Fergus Shiel is the Managing Editor of the ICIJ. He oversaw the Uber Files project.

Fergus joined us on the line from his home in Washington DC to discuss the contents of the Uber Files and their implication.



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Twitter - @SaintFrankly

The last pod in our summer series takes a look at one of 2022's best pieces of investigative journalism.
Since it arrived on our streets over a decade ago, Uber has prided itself on being a "disrupter" with little regard for convention. At the heart of their business model is a fanatical commitment to upend the employer/employee relationship and create a new army of sole contractors working on their tech platform with Uber having no responsibility for them, and with drivers having no rights and entitlements.
This high-tech exploitation has made it a massive company that has caused controversy wherever it goes. In July of 2022 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) dropped a trove of documents and emails from Uber's inner sanctum that reveal how the company was able to curry favour with governments and institutions around the world to achieve its aims.
<a href="https://www.icij.org/investigations/uber-files/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.icij.org/investigations/uber-files/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671758693665000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1qAuBdm7PMR_Tt5kbWS-8R">The Uber Files</a> are a stunning insight into how Uber inveigled their way into the realm of prime ministers, presidents, bureaucrats and power brokers to get things done. <a href="https://www.icij.org/journalists/fergus-shiel/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.icij.org/journalists/fergus-shiel/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671758693665000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iCVpjy5F-ywUvPvw8le26"></a>
<a href="https://www.icij.org/journalists/fergus-shiel/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.icij.org/journalists/fergus-shiel/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1671758693665000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0iCVpjy5F-ywUvPvw8le26">Fergus Shiel</a> is the Managing Editor of the ICIJ. He oversaw the Uber Files project.
Fergus joined us on the line from his home in Washington DC to discuss the contents of the Uber Files and their implication.
 
You can now email us with your comments, story ideas, tip-offs, flip offs, and questions - <a href="mailto:otjpodcast@protonmail.com">otjpodcast@protonmail.com</a>
 On the Job is made by <a href="https://www.australianunions.org.au/">Australian Unions</a>.
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 Need help with working conditions?
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About the host
Francis Leach is Editor at Large for the Australian Council of Trade Unions
Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/SaintFrankly">@SaintFrankly</a>

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The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens. Authorised by Sally McManus, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Melbourne.

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The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.

It’s about who we work with, and who we work for.

It’s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.

It’s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.

Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we’ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.

And that can all be in the same week!

Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone
who listens.

The way we work, how work is changing, how it used to be and what it might look like in the future.
It&rsquo;s about who we work with, and who we work for.
It&rsquo;s a discussion about the conditions in which we work and the demands of a job.
It&rsquo;s talking about how it can be the best thing in our lives and also the worst.
Work can give us meaning and satisfaction, it can be the most challenging thing we&rsquo;ve ever done and the most soul destroying days of our lives.
And that can all be in the same week!
Above all, we want to talk about work in a way that helps make work better for everyone who listens.

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