The Canadian Media Guild has a vacancy on our union’s National Executive Committee (NEC) for the position of Secretary-Treasurer.

We are now accepting nominations for that role. The successful candidate will be elected to serve until the current term ends on December  31, 2022.

The Secretary-Treasurer is responsible for record-keeping, including accurate minutes of meetings, and reporting on the financial affairs of the union.

As chairperson of the Finance Committee, the Secretary-Treasurer prepares an annual budget in conjunction with the National Executive and the member branches of our union. The budget includes forecasting expenditures of the national union, its branches and committees.

All CMG members living within 150 km of Toronto are eligible to be candidates and the position is elected at large.   

For more information about the position, please click here.

And please see our union’s bylaws here.

To download the nomination form, click here. The candidate, nominator and two seconders must all be CMG members in good standing. The deadline for receipt of completed forms is Wednesday, June 10, at 5 p.m. ET.

The date for any election will be set following the close of nominations.

If you have any questions, please write to Glenn Seymour, CMG Elections Coordinator at gs@cmg.ca

The Canadian Media Guild is a democratic trade union that represents over 5,000 members across Canada, including employees at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada, The Canadian Press and Pagemasters North America, Thomson Reuters, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, TVO, TFO, VICE media, Zoomer Media, AFP, CKOF, as well as media freelancers.