Guild Branch Executive update
Joanne Pak, our vice-president for the Closed Captioning and Post-Production departments is away from the office for a few weeks. […]
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Guild mourns Canadian Press Reporter Dennis Bueckert
Canadian Media Guild member Dennis Bueckert, from the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press, has died suddently at the age
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Guild calls for strict conditions for approval of AAC sale to CanWest
The Canadian Media Guild is urging the CRTC to set strict conditions on approving the sale of Alliance Atlantis Communications
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Letter from branch president Colin Perkel
Dear Colleagues and fellow CMGers: Summer has proven to be a busy one so far and I want to bring
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Attend the cutting-edge Online News Association conference at no cost to you
As you may have already read, your branch executive recently approved funding to send a few Guild members to the
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Guild concerned about denial of special leave
Several CBC employees have contacted the CMG recently about being denied special leave. Special leave is meant to allow employees
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CBC told to distribute pension surplus to plan members
The Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits (CCSB) has directed the CBC to distribute nearly $75 million to CBC pensioners and
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Arbitrator grants leave without pay to CBC employee
An arbitrator has ruled that CBC management was not justified in denying a one-year leave without pay to a Guild
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Tell the CRTC to limit concentration of media ownership
Media ownership is more highly concentrated in Canada than almost anywhere else in the industrialized world. As of 2005, almost
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CBC employees who work more than 10 hours can claim $12 for a meal
New rules for meal allowances will come into effect on July 23. From then on, any employee on a regular
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Letter from Branch president Colin Perkel
Dear colleagues and fellow CMGers: Online News Association Conference The branch recently approved funding to send some Guild members to
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Guild executive at CBC appoints new vice president
The Canadian Media Guild’s executive at CBC has appointed Kenn Sunley vice president to replace Pierre Claveau, who retired from
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Members ratify first agreement at S-VOX
Canadian Media Guild members have ratified their first collective agreement at S-VOX. The official numbers are as follows: Total ballots
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Update on bargaining at AAC
Your CMG bargaining team spent two days this week in negotiations with AAC management. In all, we have met for
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Unions report from meeting with Reuters CEO Tom Glocer
The following is a joint statement of the National Union of Journalists, Unite (Amicus Section), the Newspaper Guild of New
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Opportunity to serve your colleagues on a national Guild committee
The CMG needs to fill two vacant positions on a very important national committee: the Grievance Committee. You could make
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S-VOX ratification vote set for June 27-28
The vote for all members of the CMG bargaining unit will be held onsite on Wednesday June 27 and Thursday
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Retroactive payments made today
You should have received a payment from the CBC today if you were owed retroactive pay following the 2005 lockout.
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Find out more about the new collective agreement at S-VOX
The tentative agreement reached last week between the Guild and S-Vox is now available online. Click here to download the
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Tentative agreement reached with S-VOX
Your CMG bargaining committee is very pleased to announce that we have reached agreement in principle with the S-VOX bargaining
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Lowest number of CBC employees on LTD since 2003, no increase to premium
Here are some highlights from the June meeting of the Consultative Committee on Staff Benefits (CCSB): ? LTD contribution rate
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CRTC proves it’s still in the game with decision on CTV and CHUM
The Canadian Media Guild is pleased that the CRTC is blocking CTVGlobemedia from owning CITY stations in five major cities
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Summer social for Guild members at AAC on July 5
Your Alliance Atlantis Executive would like to invite all CMG members at AAC to our first Summer Social. ? When:
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Pension update: who do they think they’re fooling?
George Smith, VP of human resources at CBC, continues a practice that has become all too common and insulting with
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