CMG members have elected five delegates to represent the union at the upcoming CWA Convention / Union Meetings.

The elected candidates will join National President, Carmel Smyth, to represent the views of media workers in Canada – they are, in alphabetical order:

VIK ADHOPIA,  CBC / Radio-Canada, Toronto

 MIKE BLANCHFIELD,  Canadian Press, Ottawa 

KAT MCMORROW,  CBC / Radio-Canada, Toronto

CHARMAINE STRAKER,  APTN, Winnipeg 

KIM TRYNACITY,  CBC / Radio-Canada, Edmonton

Joining these delegates are two other members who have already been acclaimed:

JULIE GORDON, Thomson-Reuters, Ottawa 

MEREDITH MARTIN, TVO, Toronto

The online vote was held from Friday, August 27 at 9 a.m. ET to Tuesday, August 31 at midnight ET.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who ran and who voted.

These delegates from five (5) CMG branches will represent CMG at the NewsGuild-CWA Sector Conference in October, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Convention in October, and the CWA Canada National Representative Council meeting in April.

The term ends December 31, 2022.