2008: Surprising success amid end-of-year fear
It’s hard to believe there was a time before this incredible economic fear set in. But looking back over this […]
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Will big media use the economic crisis to abandon their public role?
Three of Canada’s biggest media conglomerates have announced cuts as fallout from the bursting financial bubble spreads. In November, Canwest
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Reporter put in harm’s way: CBC ombudsman CBC Ombudsman Vince Carlin has reported on complaints, apparently spearheaded by Conservative Party
Parliament Hill theatrics distract from substance of economic plans
The three-ring circus that pitched its tents on Parliament Hill at the end of November turned the spotlight last week
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This one is tricky. Because we’re still figuring out how new technologies relate to work, there is no straightforward answer
Pulling the plug on free TV outside the big cities
The Canadian TV industry is poised to open up a massive digital divide between urban and small town TV viewers
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Working shifts and finding peace with it
The conclusions in a recent StatsCan report on the work-life balance of shift workers are not earth shattering. Based on
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Voting for our work Our instincts as media workers are to keep our heads down during political campaigns. However, this
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Dear Jean, I was on my annual leave last week, and my boss called and asked me to come in.
The fight for an independent media goes on
The behaviour of broadcasters organizing the federal election debate is only a very recent example of how the fight for
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CMG convention stokes union involvement and solidarity
Solidarity and new beginnings formed the thread that wove the CMG’s 2008 convention together. The nearly 200 delegates discussed and
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Canadian workers call for better media policy
Several unions representing media workers across Canada came together in a historic show of unity at the recent Canadian Labour
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Workload a stress for CMG members: preliminary survey Workload is seriously affecting the lives of many CMG members, a fact
Reprezentin’: finding courage in action at the Canadian Labour Congress
It was my first time at a CLC convention. I was really impressed at the number of people in the
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Question: I just had a conversation with my manager, and my job duties are changing in two weeks. I applied
Dispute looms at TVO over consultation about the future
Nearly two years ago, a group of front-line TVOntario employees got together to brainstorm about the future of Ontario’s public
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She says, he says: nope, it ain’t the US Democratic primaries…
For the first time in more than a decade, members of The Newspaper Guild– which include those who pay dues
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Heritage Committee supports maintaining free TV
There was a shot in the arm last month for proponents of free TV in Canada, when the all-party Heritage
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New CMG intern learning the ropes in labour relations
No industry is immune from the issue of retiring baby boomers, including industrial relations. And that’s why I ended up
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Meet your new national union representatives, Part 2
The recent national elections at the Guild returned some familiar faces while bringing in a brand new group of media
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Question: I’m fed up. Management in my department doesn’t seem to respect our work. There’s too much to do, and
The lockout at Journal de Qu
More than 250 employees of Journal de Qu
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Building trust to bridge aboriginal people and labour movement
There is always one sitting on my desk. A small blue flag emblazed with a bold white infinity symbol. Flown
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Departing CBC president asks parliament for more money After eight years in the job, and days from leaving it, CBC