Podcast appearances and mentions of thomas mckechnie

A special episode with activist, playwright, gig-worker and union organizer Thomas McKechnie. Thomas talks about the under-reported case before the Ontario Labour Relations Board between Foodora and its employees. He also takes us through strategies for organizing app-mediated gig-workers and his motivation for writing Remembering the Winnipeg General. Caveat emptor: Because Ben’s computer is ancient and it’s battery dies unpredictably, because his art practice does not afford him the ability to keep himself in working gear, our recording died midway through the session. Happily Jon took a back-up recording, which if you squint your ears ably captures Thomas and Ben’s rich contributions to the middle part of the exchange. Nota bene: Ben is available to offer his professional recording, engineering, and sound design skills to paying customers. Hit him in his DMs. Details on Rally for Worker Rights in the Gig Economy: https://www.facebook.com/events/175351570515807/ More on Thomas: https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-playwright-is-trying-to-unionize-foodora-while-writing-about-one-of-canada-s-biggest-strikes-1.5164055?fbclid=IwAR35ndnNz7wXYSKSiroIdhD5IHjguVFBrhVg3uz-rr2OBwQ2qm3fYC1lbss Find Thomas: Twitter: @postbrechtian Zeitpunktheatre: https://www.facebook.com/zietpunktheatre1/ The Foodsters: Twitter: @FoodstersUnited IG:@ unitedfoodsters Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeForFoodoraCouriers/ Find us elsewhere: http://spek.work/ https://www.instagram.com/spekwork/ http://twitter.com/spekwork

After a week of secrets revealed and hypocrisies exposed journalist Martin Forgues, political analyst Ludvic Moquin-Beaudry, politics scholar Maika Sondarjee and host Andre Goulet discuss the slow-motion implosion of the Liberal campaign, how Canadian media is dramatically unequipped to handle the discourse Trudeau's 'blackface' history demands and why this country's unwillingness to grapple with systemic racism has become the underlying theme of the 2019 Federal Election. Plus: correspondent Anna Roach speaks with labour organizer Thomas McKechnie on the movement to unionize Foodora in Toronto. Provide critical financial support for the future of the show at patreon.com/unpackingthenews Tune in weekly for more round-table discussions with Forgues, Sondajer and Moquin-Beaudry on the show and hear 'Le Plancher des Vaches' at the end of every episode of Unpacking the News through to the end of October. This conversation was recorded on September 22nd, 2019.

In this episode, activist/organizer Dave Meslin talks about his book "Teardown: rebuilding democracy from the ground up." We join Thomas McKechnie, playwright and organizer with Foodsters United — a new union working for a fair deal for food delivery workers in precarious employment. We speak to Urban Strategies Inc. partner Joe Berridge about his book "Perfect City: an urban fixer's global search for magic in the modern metropolis." In conjunction with Spacing's upcoming Laneways issue, we speak to The Laneways Project's co-founder and executive director Michelle Senayah about how to activate these underused spaces.

This week, we delve into the exciting world everyone's favourite hegemonic global ideology: Neoliberalism! What is it? Why does everyone have so much trouble defining it? If Galen Weston loses $158 million dollars and no one gives a shit about it, is he still a dingus?

This week on the show we take a break from our normal topic-based educational programming to bring you a roundtable jam on Canada's 150th anniversary. How did we celebrate? Did you see the huge inflatable duck? Is anyone out there NOT thinking of a horrible genocide right now? We're so happy to welcome back to the show Hunter Cardinal from Episode 4, and Anthony MacMahon and Thomas McKechnie from Episode 15! If you haven't yet listened to those episodes then what are you waiting for??!?!?!???!?

In this week's bonus episode, we learn a little bit about the Obamacare repeal and replacement bill that passed Congress last week. SPOILER ALERT: this bill sucks. We also did a sneaksies and recorded it the same day that we had Anthony MacMahon and Thomas McKechnie on for the Communism episode so there are BONUS GUESTS as well!

This week, Jamie and Richard learn about Communism! Who is Karl Marx? Are there still communist countries? Did we learn all we needed to know about communism in middle school? We are incredibly excited to welcome longtime friends of the show Anthony MacMahon and Thomas McKechnie on as our guests! They've been a huge part of making this podcast happen and now we're thrilled to have their voices on the show and their beards in our studio.

Before we announce the winners of the 2016 MyTheatre Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. This is our third audio interview of the year and the reason it’s … Read more... The post Nominee Interview Series: Thomas McKechnie & Michael Reinhart appeared first on My Entertainment World.

Before we announce the winners of the 2016 MyTheatre Awards, we're proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. This is our third audio interview of the year and the reason it's audio really comes down to the fact that playwright/Outstanding Solo Performance nominee Thomas McKechnie and Outstanding Direction nominee Michael Reinhart wanted to come in together […] The post Nominee Interview Series: Thomas McKechnie & Michael Reinhart appeared first on My Entertainment World.