Disrupting Gig Work

Mind The Disruption

Jennifer Scott delivers food on her bike in Toronto and organizes with other gig workers to fight against the challenging – and often unsafe and harmful – employer practice of misclassifying workers. Listen to this episode to hear Jennifer’s story and reflect on why healthy working conditions are essential for public health with Medical Officer of Health Dr. Monika Dutt.

(00:00) Introduction

(02:23) Interview with Jennifer Scott

(37:00) Interview with Monika Dutt

Episode Guests:

This episodes explores the relationship between work and health, and what public health can do to support worker health and health equity with interviews with Jennifer Scott and Dr. Monika Dutt. Jennifer Scott is the president of Gig Workers United and a gig worker doing bike delivery for various apps in Toronto. Monika Dutt is a public health physician and a Medical Officer of Health in Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a family doctor at the Ally Centre of Cape Breton. She volunteers with the Decent Work and Health Network and the Anti-Racism Coalition of NL. She is currently in Hamilton, Ontario, with her son, where she recently started a PhD in Health Policy.

Learn more:

Gig Workers’ Bill of Rights

Gig Workers United: Order-In-Days

Decent Work and Health Network

Determining Health: Decent work issue brief

Equity In Action: Advocacy Wins – Paid Sick Days, Public Support and Sustainable Change

Equity In Action: Peel Public Health Tackles Inequities in Workplaces and Increases Access to Worker Protections During COVID-19

Eh Sayers Episode 4 - Who Wins and Who Loses in the Gig Economy?

Episode Credits:

This episode is produced by Rebecca Cheff, Carolina Jimenez, and our host Bernice Yanful (NCCDH). Special thanks to our episode guests Jennifer Scott and Monika Dutt. Coordination of communications, webpage development and dissemination are led by Caralyn Vossen (NCCDH). Thanks to Claire Betker and the rest of the NCCDH team for their support. Technical production and original music by Chris Perry. Artwork by comet art + design.

Mind the Disruption is a podcast by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH). Visit https://nccdh.ca/learn/podcast/ to learn more about the podcast and our work.

The NCCDH is hosted by St. Francis Xavier University. This podcast is made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada through funding for the NCCDH. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Established in 2005, the NCCDH is one of the six National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) for Public Health that work together to promote the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices, programs and policies in Canada. For more information, visit the NCCPH website.