Input asks how to make television that is popular and intelligent
Input is over for another year. The latest conference was held in Lugano from May 6 to 12 and the […]
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Ask Jean …
What’s with temporary jobs in the media? Most media empoyers rely to some extent on temporary employees, and that goes
Celebrate Pride this summer
For the first time, the Canadian Media Guild has a presence at the country’s biggest Pride event, Toronto’s Gay Pride
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Big media vs. public airwaves: a Canadian game of political football
Following developments in Canada’s media industry is almost like watching the Wimbledon final; it can be hard on the neck.
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Reprezentin’
Participants at this spring’s Workers of Colour/Aboriginal Workers conference last May in Toronto talked about how manufacturing jobs are shifting
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Day of action to improve lives of First Nations people in Canada The Assembly of First Nations is holding a
We’re accepting applications for The Art of Negotiation
We’re now taking applications for The Art of Negotiation course to be held (in English) September 28 to 30, 2007,
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Guild mourns death of CBC producer Danny Malanchuk
Guild members are mourning the death of CBC Ottawa producer Danny Malanchuk, who died early Tuesday morning from complications following
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Pre-payments vs buy-outs for overtime, and holiday pay
The CBC and individual employees can work out agreements for payment in advance for expected overtime. These agreements are either
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CBC denies overtime for contract employees in factual entertainment
The Canadian Media Guild is pushing for compensation for contract employees denied the right to claim overtime and other scheduling
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Media union denied lease at Toronto office building
A Toronto landlord has denied a lease to the Canadian Media Guild because of anti-union pressure from sports broadcaster The
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Collective agreement ratified by membership at CP
Canadian Media Guild members at The Canadian Press/Broadcast News have approved the agreement in principle by a vote of 83.1
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Job cuts a blow to CBC-TV’s local Halifax news
Five jobs are being eliminated in local news at CBC-TV in Halifax at a time when CBC is trying to
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Joint union statement to members at Reuters
As you all know, the union representatives at Reuters and at Thomson are working closely together in response to the
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S-VOX shutters in-house production
S-VOX, the parent company of VisionTV, One: the Body, Mind and Spirit Channel and The Christian Channel, has announced the
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Nearly 600 Guild members now to get post-lockout retroactive pay
More than 18 months after the end of the lockout at CBC, 590 Guild members will finally receive retroactive pay
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CP/BN ratification vote set for May 15-16
The vote to ratify the tentative agreement at CP/BN will take place from 9 am ET on Tuesday May 15
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Rally for kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston
The Canadian Media Guild is urging members in Toronto to attend a rally in support of British journalist Alan Johnston
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Guild calls for reinstatement of CBC-TV show Moving On
The Canadian Media Guild is urging CBC-TV to put Moving On back in the schedule for next year. The award-winning
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It’s our pension plan
CBC President Robert Rabinovitch has recently justified the Corporation’s grab of pension surplus as being a way to direct money
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Tentative agreement reached
As you should have already heard, the Guild and company reached a tentative three-year agreement April 27. You will receive
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TVOntario: members ratify extension of collective agreement
On Friday April 20, Canadian Media Guild members at TVOntario ratified a one-year extension of the existing collective agreement. Over
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Guild members at TVO and TFO to vote on contract extension.
On Friday April 20, Guild members at TVOntario will be asked to vote on a proposal to extend the current
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Agreement to clarify overtime averaging at CP – Update # 7
After a short but productive week of bargaining April 11-13, the decks have largely been cleared for talks to begin
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