Program Information

From the Margins: Feb 14, 2016

Series:

Subtitle:

1) The slippery slope of unpaid internships 2) Organizing street labourers

Program Type:

Interview

Featured Speakers/Commentators:

Andrew Nellis, Andrew Meade, MC Liddz,

Contributor:

asaf Contact Contributor

Date Published:

Feb. 14, 2016, 7:26 p.m.

Summary: (1) Unpaid interns - interview with Andrew Meade, freelance media worker who is a member of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Canadian Freelance Union. Meade talks about efforts to try and improve protections for unpaid interns and the broader issue of whether and and what context unpaid internships are justified at all. (2) Organizing panhandlers and other street workers - Interview with Andrew Nellis, organizer with the Street Labourers of Windsor and the Ottawa Panhandlers Union. Nellis reflects on the unique features and challenges of organizing panhandlers, buskers, scrappers and other street workers and his wealth of experiences in these efforts. (3) MC Liddz with a killer rhyme

Credits:

Notes:

Version 1:

Description:

Length (hh:mm:ss): 01:00:39

Language: 1

Date Recorded: Feb. 14, 2016

Location Recorded:

Fredericton

Announcer Script/Transcript:

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