Progress Continues: End of Week Two
We continued to work through non-monetary issues last week and signed off on company policies on family leave and religious […]
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Guild Certified at Pagemasters July 15th, 2010
The newest unit of the Canadian Media Guild – Pagemasters North America ? was certified by the Ontario Labour Relations
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Guild and CBC clarify job assignment process
The CBC and the Canadian Media Guild met in Port Credit, Ontario, the week of July 5 to discuss the
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Progress in talks – end of Week One
Although the restructuring and pension remain our key focus, we have a collective agreement that has expired and has to
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CMG needs to know your G20 story
The Canadian Media Guild needs to know what your experiences were during the G20 meeting and protests in Toronto. In
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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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