Table Talk # 1 – Pension Facts
The Canadian Media Guild is in bargaining for a new contract and over how members will be treated in a […]
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What’s happened to all the G20 video, pictures?
Amy Miller, one of the arrested independent journalists at the G20 summit last month (see previous blog post), tells me
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G20 journalists garner support from Canada and abroad
It’s comforting to know that groups far and wide are coming to the support of the media who were roughed
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Bargaining Communique No. 3
– Restructuring issues now on the table after Guild receives proposal it could not accept – The Guild bargaining committee
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People in their 20s with cameras: the new enemy?
Now that we are hearing more from those who were arrested or detained over the G20 weekend, it’s becoming apparent
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Why these G20 media arrests should concern us all
On the day after a weekend of mayhem, it’s important to focus on those who’ve been detained, arrested or imprisoned
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Sun’s idea of ‘news’ a joke, but will the CRTC care?
I see that Quebecor/aka Sun newspaper chain isn’t toning down its slanted “reporting” about CBC just because it’s trying to
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Getting to work and working during the G20 summit
It’s impossible to be unaware of the upcoming G20 summit in downtown Toronto. The level of security is unprecedented –
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Is Fox News North counting on a sweet deal from the CRTC?
It’s good to see real questions being asked about Quebecor’s new “straight talk” all-news channel. Forget whether we need another
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PMSD: We’ve Heard You, Loud and Clear!
The National Joint Performance Management and Staff Development Committee recently advised you that we would be conducting research about the
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CMG survey for new members at CBC
Got five minutes to give us your thoughts? If you’re a CMG member, your input counts. But because we tend
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The Quebecor dilemma
After two years of layoffs in this industry, word that Quebecor’s Pierre-Karl Peladeau is investing in news with a third
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CMG now accepting applications for course on dispute resolution
The Canadian Media Guild is now taking applications for the Dispute Resolution (level I) course to be held October 1-3.
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Your vacation entitlement and the “ZML Closure memo”: what does it mean?
By now you will have received and read the all-staff memo about the impending closure of the S-VOX/ZML deal. Although
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CBC branch byelection results – Résultats des Élections partielles pour la sous-section CBC/Radio-Canada
Here are the results from the byelection that was held last Thursday and Friday: For the position of Director, Small
Vote for a Director, Small Locations on the Guild’s CBC Branch executive
Please vote to choose an interim Director of Small Locations for the CBC Branch Executive Council. Our virtual ballot box
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Guild and CBC leaders meet to clarify role of Managing Editors
CMG and CBC representatives on the National Joint Committee met May 3-7, along with facilitator/mediator Warren Edmondson, to discuss issues
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More cuts at TVO; union asks where the money is going
Canadian Media Guild leaders are concerned about the closure of TVO’s parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. The Ontario public broadcaster has
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CMG Byelection May 20-21 for Director, Small Locations
Guild members working in small CBC locations (defined as those with fewer than 50 Guild members) will have the opportunity
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Volunteers wanted for Guild bargaining committee
We are looking for some dedicated Canadian Media Guild members to help negotiate our next collective agreement at S-VOX. Previous
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REMINDER: Nominations for Branch Director, Small Locations
This is an interim position until the end of 2010, at which time all positions on the BEC will be
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CBC Branch bylaw amendment proposals now available
The deadline for submitting proposals to amend the CBC Branch bylaws has now passed. The Bylaw Review Committee has gone
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CMG applies to merge Bargaining Units at APTN
On March 31, the Canadian Media Guild made an application to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to merge our
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Director, Small Locations (interim) – CBC Branch
As a result of the resignation of the incumbent, the following position is available on the CBC Branch Executive Council:
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