Bio
Hays is a long-time progressive organizer and a subject matter expert in the new mobility and future of workers fields. He’s lead major organizing projects and policy initiatives at SEIU and the Partnership for Working Families, consulted for the cities of Portland and Seattle, and advised non-profit clients like the National Employment Law Project. Driver’s Seat Cooperative empowers gig workers to capture the value of the data they create, while challenging the deep information asymmetries manifest in platform work. We give rideshare drivers and on-demand delivery workers the technology and the organization to collect and share their data, and put it to use improving their work lives and their communities.