This afternoon the Canadian Media Guild formally served notice to Alliance Atlantis Communications to start negotiating a first collective agreement. The company is now required by law to begin negotiations in good faith with your bargaining agent.
Once the bargaining committee has been selected – hopefully by the end of next week or so – we will meet with AAC’s team and set firm dates for bargaining sessions. We have already tentatively agreed upon a series of dates starting in early September. Between now and then we will compile the responses to our bargaining survey and develop a document setting out the Guild’s priorities in this first round.
If you have any questions, please contact Masaaba Mwamba or me (keith@cmg.ca) .
Keith Maskell
Staff Representative