Help update the pay rates for work in factual TV
We are updating the annual survey of pay in the Canadian factual TV industry to help bring more transparency and …
Fall update from the Campaign for fairness in factual TV
There are a few updates from the campaign to share as we head into fall: Vancouver social for factual TV …
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CMG urges changes to Ontario labour and employment law
CMG president Carmel Smyth and organizer Buffy Childerhose are appearing today before a panel reviewing Ontario labour and employment …
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Momentum building to unionize digital newsrooms
Don’t believe BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti. Digital journalists south of the border are finding that unions are indeed for them.
Organizer for CMG’s Fairness in Factual TV Campaign
The Canadian Media Guild has an exciting part-time opportunity for the right candidate to make a difference in both the …
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Factual TV workers speak out on need for change: watch video
Today the Canadian Media Guild launches a new public service announcement about why we need better and safer working conditions …
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Factual TV workers produce guide to working in the industry
Factual TV workers have collaborated with the Canadian Media Guild to produce the first-ever Guide to working in Canada’s factual …
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Event for media workers today, Wedn. April 29 in Toronto – You’re invited!
You are invited to an event CMG’s parent union, CWA Canada, is organizing for precarious, emerging and student media workers …
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Join us May 12 to launch the first-ever guide to working in factual TV!
Network over drinks and snacks with colleagues and friends, while we hand out our newly published Guide on Tuesday, May …
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Produce a video to promote Fairness for Factual TV workers
The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) is commissioning a short video to promote our campaign to improve working conditions in factual …
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CMG organizing with reality TV workers to stop crew deaths
The Canadian Media Guild is sickened by the news that 10 people, cast and crew of French reality TV series Dropped, …
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How Internet journalists *can* organize
By guest blogger Karen Wirsig You’re in a job you should love with a friendly boss who sits a couple …
Welcome to the United Clicks of America
By Dan Speerin “Please Like. Please Subscribe. Please Share. Please Donate. Just… Please”! I am an internet creator and this …
What factual TV workers are earning in Canada in 2014
In our latest survey of factual TV workers, we got enough data to provide weekly pay ranges for five job …
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Why we joined forces to tackle TV workers’ rights
While factual TV employers are coming together to explore production partnerships at the Real Screen conference in London, UK, so too are the sector’s trade unions – including the CMG.
Unions join forces to push for better working conditions in non-fiction TV
LONDON, UK – Unions representing non-fiction TV workers in Canada and the UK are joining forces this week to highlight …
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Factual TV workers still feeling the squeeze
A second annual survey of people working in Canada’s factual TV production sector reveals a lack of employment security and …
Factual TV survey one year later: what are you earning?
Tell us what you are earning in your latest factual TV work so that we can update the pay ranges …
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10 Reasons Canadian factual TV workers should care about their Colleagues in New York City
By guest blogger Denise O’Connell As factual television programs begin to overtake broadcast schedules everywhere, the working conditions for those …
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Major blow as CBC announces plans to shrink, cut staff by 20%
CBC has announced that it plans to cut 1,000 to 1,500 jobs over the next five years and shift its priorities …
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Join the campaign for fairness in factual TV
Do you work in factual TV production in Canada? We invite you to join with your industry colleagues to improve …
Dangerous work: the reality about reality tv
The most dangerous job in television used to be that of the war correspondent, who travels the world covering one …
Launching CMG Freelance and event invites
The MediaTech Commons, online community for digital media workers and host of the Digital Media Mixer series, is opening up …
You’re invited: digital media mixer in Vancouver on April 24
Storytelling + Coding = ? Join Canadian Media Guild (CMG) Freelance at a digital media mixer in Gastown (Vancouver) on …
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