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What do you think about strengthening labor unions & reducing wage theft of gig workers? Those are some of the results of the work we do at wrapbook, and someth

What do you think about strengthening labor unions & reducing wage theft of gig workers? Those are some of the results of the work we do at wrapbook, and something that I take pride in. But it's not maybe as "focused" as what you're after, as internally we're very warm and laid back. But if it sounds interesting, we're hiring for Engineering(Rails) & Data; Email me at russell@wrapbook.com if you want to chat more. Regardless, there are a plethora of nonprofits (FSF, EFF, AP, etc..) that need expertise, so you could try targeting orgs that do work you favor specifically.

nixpulvis 5y ago
Could you elaborate on how you are strengthening labor unions and reducing wage theft of gig worker? Both of those things are very much of interest to me, but I'm struggling a bit to connect the dots precisely.
- meesterdude 5y ago
  Sure! The entertainment industry is timecard based - and many of the workers are unionized. This means things like, if they don't get time to take a lunch but work over 6 hours, they're due a certain penalty from the production company for the meal they never had; or if they only got 4 hours of sleep last night before being called back to set - they're owed another penalty to compensate them based on a formula of invaded hours. This in addition to things like retirement benefits that need to be calculated, tracked, and paid into. Each union, and different roles within unions, and even different cities and states (california especially), have different terms and rates and formulas defined; but currently actually meeting those requires a team of specialists to "breakdown" the time for the given workers union/state/agreement. It's hard, and without that team many production companies just wing it - and some have been making incorrect/noincompliant payments to their workers for years. At wrapbook, we're automating all of those agreements. There is no guesswork when you submit a timecard - which is great for workers, because they know they'll get paid what they are owed; and good for (most) production companies because they WANT to be compliant, but it's hard to do with all of the requirements involved, and good for unions because they know we are ensuring every T is crossed and I is dotted in compliance with the agreements they defined and everyone involved agreed to. We do other things as well to make sure payments get paid and that they go where they're supposed to go, another area where there has been problems for workers. I hope that adds some clarity.

nixpulvis 5y ago

Could you elaborate on how you are strengthening labor unions and reducing wage theft of gig worker? Both of those things are very much of interest to me, but I'm struggling a bit to connect the dots precisely.

meesterdude 5y ago
Sure! The entertainment industry is timecard based - and many of the workers are unionized. This means things like, if they don't get time to take a lunch but work over 6 hours, they're due a certain penalty from the production company for the meal they never had; or if they only got 4 hours of sleep last night before being called back to set - they're owed another penalty to compensate them based on a formula of invaded hours. This in addition to things like retirement benefits that need to be calculated, tracked, and paid into. Each union, and different roles within unions, and even different cities and states (california especially), have different terms and rates and formulas defined; but currently actually meeting those requires a team of specialists to "breakdown" the time for the given workers union/state/agreement. It's hard, and without that team many production companies just wing it - and some have been making incorrect/noincompliant payments to their workers for years. At wrapbook, we're automating all of those agreements. There is no guesswork when you submit a timecard - which is great for workers, because they know they'll get paid what they are owed; and good for (most) production companies because they WANT to be compliant, but it's hard to do with all of the requirements involved, and good for unions because they know we are ensuring every T is crossed and I is dotted in compliance with the agreements they defined and everyone involved agreed to. We do other things as well to make sure payments get paid and that they go where they're supposed to go, another area where there has been problems for workers. I hope that adds some clarity.