Report from CP/BN Branch President Colin Perkel
Dear Colleagues and fellow CMGers: A budget creeping ever closer to the $6-million mark was approved by your National Executive […]
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Pay increases are top priority for CP/BN employees
More money! That was the clear message delivered by CP-BN employees who completed our recent survey on potential bargaining issues.
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Guild members at AAC to receive 2006 wage increases
During bargaining, the Company and union committees turned their attention to the outstanding issue of 2006 wage increases for employees
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Guild and CBC settle 20 grievances filed under previous contracts
The Canadian Media Guild and the CBC have reached an agreement to settle 20 outstanding grievances filed under the previous
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CBC must provide documents related to communications outsourcing
An arbitrator has ordered CBC management to produce documents related to the decision to contract out the work of the
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Good news for freelancers, but the fight goes on
The recent Supreme Court decision in favour of freelancer Heather Robertson is a victory in establishing that publishers can’t take
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Lister Sinclair: broadcaster and activist
Members of the Canadian Media Guild were saddened by the news of the death today of broadcasting icon and respected
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Arbitration begins on outsourcing of CBC publicists
The Guild’s fight against the outsourcing of the CBC publicity department in 2005 is now before an arbitrator. In June
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Overtime and averaging: are you being paid properly?
It has come to the Guild’s attention that an employee was told they were averaged when they should not be.
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Arnold Amber leaving CBC, union presidency
I would like to take this opportunity to inform all Canadian Media Guild members that I will be leaving the
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Message from branch president Colin Perkel
Dear Colleagues and Fellow CMGers Some quick post-summer/pre-fall notes as we head into what promises to be a busy union
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CBC approves pension buy-back for former ACTRA members
The campaign to make sure all members of the CBC Pension Plan are treated equitably continues at the CCSB. The
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One year after the CBC lockout: lessons learned and lessons ignored
By Lise Lareau, National President of the Canadian Media Guild Today marks the one-year anniversary of the lockout that forced
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News and Notes from CMG at AAC
Welcome to the second issue of News and Notes From CMG at AAC! We’ve changed our format a bit to
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“Omnibus” grievance settled at TVO
We are happy to report that the grievance filed by the Canadian Media Guild regarding the 2005 layoffs at TVOntario
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Guild has new pension trustee at CP/BN
The Guild branch executive at CP/BN has unanimously endorsed Craig Wong (CP/BN Vancouver) as the union’s pension trustee to replace
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A Time for Fairness: an open letter to Lisa de Wilde, CEO, TVOntario
Dear Ms. De Wilde, We are writing on behalf of the employees of TVOntario. The announcement yesterday of the outcome
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CanWest plans to leave The Canadian Press
Dear colleagues and fellow CMGers, You will have already heard from Eric Morrison that CanWest has formally given notice to
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Guild members seek inclusion in TVOntario’s future
The Canadian Media Guild is calling on TVOntario’s senior management to create a new and open partnership with employees as
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Athens Olympics per diem settlement won’t be paid on time
The CBC has advised the Canadian Media Guild that members who are entitled to money as a result of the
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CBC’s unions win at arbitration re pension plan
A labour arbitrator has ruled that the CBC was wrong in distributing only part of a colossal pension surplus to
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CBC needs to fight the threat of privatization
By Lise Lareau National President Canadian Media Guild It is time to get Canadians excited again about public broadcasting, instead
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Better communication among members means stronger union at CBC
The executive of the CBC Branch of the Canadian Media Guild is moving forward on a plan to improve its
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Seeking a pension trustee at CP/BN
Dear Colleagues and fellow CMGers: The departure of our Ottawa location president Sandra Cordon for the Bank of Canada means
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