E437 Andrea Gordillo: AI Is Learning From Your Work, Who Gets Paid?

Andrea Gordillo serves as President and Executive Director of Freelancers Union, leading the organization’s mission to build economic security, power, and opportunity for independent workers across the United States.A lifelong organizer and advocate for workers, artists, and communities, Andrea brings more than a decade of experience spanning public policy, nonprofit leadership, coalition building, and civic engagement. Her career has focused on the intersection of labor, culture, and economic justice; securing public investment, expanding access to opportunity, and strengthening the institutions that support working people.Andrea is leading Freelancers Union into its next chapter: expanding protections for independent workers, advancing portable benefits, strengthening legal and policy advocacy, and growing a powerful national community of freelancers and creators. Her work is focused on ensuring independent workers have a seat at every table where the future of work is being shaped and building a new social contract that gives every freelancer the benefits, protections, and community they need to thrive.