Tell Parliament to restore CBC
The CMG and its allies are launching a campaign to help Canadians get the message to the leaders in Parliament […]
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We need delegates for upcoming conventions of our parent unions
It’s time once again to choose delegates to represent the CMG at upcoming conventions of The Newspaper Guild and the
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The CBC cuts and the $1.1B: one has real impact and the other is meaningless
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly two weeks since the first word of the cut at the CBC…and my
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The Guild’s approach to cost-cutting measures at CBC: we are on it!
We know members are interested in what kinds of measures they can take in order to prevent cuts and save
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Update on cuts at CBC
The Guild is meeting with CBC management and other CBC unions today to further discuss the proposed cuts and possible
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CBC/Radio-Canada: the future means doing less with less
Guild members are coming to grips today with choices CBC management has made about their shows and their workplaces. And
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Another layoff day at CBC: so sad and so inconclusive
It all seems so familiar. Waiting for the CBC job cut announcement that’s been looming for weeks, and then hearing
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Details emerging slowly re CBC/Radio-Canada job cuts
Subsequent to CBC/Radio-Canada president Hubert Lacroix’s presentation yesterday, Canadian Media Guild members are now beginning to learn how the Corp
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800 positions to be eliminated at CBC/Radio-Canada
Today CBC/Radio-Canada president Hubert Lacroix announced to staff that the financial shortfall is estimated at 171 million dollars. As a
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Guild continuing discussions with CBC on budget shortfall
The Guild is continuing discussions with CBC management on impacts of the Corporation’s anticipated budget shortfall for the coming fiscal
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Harper government game-playing and the media crisis
So let’s get this straight. Seems CanWest hired a former senior advisor to Stephen Harper to help with its lobbying
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Guild urges Heritage Minister to implement all-party report on CBC
An open letter to Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore from the Canadian Media Guild. Dear Minister: We were heartened to
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Report to the CBC Branch executive – March 2009
Human Rights and Equity Report CMG-CBC BEC Meeting: Monday, March 16, 2009 Prepared: Sunday. March 15, 2009 Michael D’Souza Director,
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Guild mourns the passing of Tom Hanson
Long-time CMG member and Canadian Press photographer Tom Hanson passed away suddenly on March 10, 2009 in Ottawa at the
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Lottery for the NAB convention in Las Vegas
The Canadian Media Guild will provide a subsidy to one member to attend the annual convention of the U.S.-based National
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CBC/Radio-Canada’s Financial Challenges
March 12, 2009 – Members of the senior executive team, including Hubert T.Lacroix, Sylvain Lafrance and Richard Stursberg met with
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Two CBC shows cancelled, some 45 jobs to be eliminated
In what the CMG fears may be the first of more announcements, the CBC has cancelled daytime television show Steven
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A troubled employer and the Conservatives are laughing?
Word in just now that when Liberal Culture Critic Pablo Rodriguez asked a question in today’s Question Period about CBC
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CRTC fund gives hope to distressed local TV
The CRTC’s proposed fund to improve local TV programming in small markets is the key to saving local news. The
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The fight to save local news is on
People are fighting back to save their local news. First, the employees and community of Hamilton got together in a
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The CBC budget: a political show no one should have to watch
It’s budget time for the CBC — and this year, it’s become so painful to watch that I’ve come to
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Public broadcasting needs government support and action
? Public funding for CBC is among the lowest in any industrialized country in the world. Only New Zealand and
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Following layoff notices, Guild files first grievances at S-VOX
The Canadian Media Guild has begun filing grievances against S-VOX to fight the way employees are being treated, specifically as
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Breaking news: the sky is falling
Timing is everything, and don’t the networks know it. Can it be a coincidence that Canwest and CTV have chosen
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