Minutes
Minutes – March 9th, 2015
•  Posted on  April 22, 2015  

Minutes of the Toronto LEC Meeting March 9th, 2015      

Meeting commenced: 1310      Location: CMG Boardroom

Approved by Vote as amended April 10th, 2015

 

PRESENT: Naomi Robinson, Elaine Janes, Jordanna Lake, Riza Kaya, Anita Adams, Robert Barlow, Jonathan Spence, Tony Germin (by Phone). Kim Taylor-Galway

ABSENT: Maureen Brosnahan, Glen Guerin, Claryse Boulineau, Kam Rao, Colman Jones

 

  1. Adopt Agenda CARRIED

  2. Reading of the Statement of Human Rights: Elaine Janes

  3. Adopt Minutes from February 9th, 2015 as amended (Moved: Elaine Janes, Seconded Jonathan Spence) CARRIED

REPORT OF OFFICERS

  1. President’s report: (See written report submitted)

Note: CMG has moved its office – new space is at 5E307

  • Collective Agreement is published – can everyone please take a box to their location;

  • Working on Steward Training Guide – coming soon.

  • Glen Gray has gone, need a new Staff Rep.

  • Advocacy Meetings, organised by Kam Rao – Successful Post card campaign addressed to Joe Oliver, Finance Minister. April 10 and 11 next target for advocacy.

  • Update on Grievance Committee, Sexual Harassment training, Ottawa President’s Meeting (May 24/25)

  • LJEC report from Michael D’Souza

1335 Kim Taylor-Galway has joined the meeting

  1. Vice-President’s report: Elaine Janes: Serves on LJEC and Temp Committee:

    • Communications group – 9 people received redundancy notices.

    • Filing a Grievance under article re: change in work methods.

    • Also questions about the test for Communications Band change.

  • Temp Committee: working on having the EA’s hired properly as per language in Collective Agreement. Full time going out the door and temps in the building.

  1. Secretary’s Report

  • Weather issue

  • sales story

  • clarification of new/old release procedure

 

  1. Treasurer’s Report: Anita Adams -2015 Budget

Committee reviewed the proposed 2015 budget and offered suggestions for changes amendment and cuts.

  1. Jonathan Spence proposed a Referendum survey of our members also that we ask CBC Branch to fund it… Tie in with April 10th  action day.

MOTION: “I move that the Toronto Location Executive of the CMG survey its members with the following survey prior to April 10.  Also that we ask the CBC Branch to fund it.  If the CBC Branch refuses to fund it by March 13 that the Location allocates an appropriate budget amount to execute it. “

Survey on Hubert

Preamble:  The Canadian Media Guild Toronto Location Unit Executive feels it is time to take the pulse of its membership with regard to the leadership of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.  The reason we are doing this now is due to the catastrophic transformation of the CBC as evidenced by:

  • Closing of the Documentary Unit

  • Outsourcing weather programming to Pelmorex

  • CBC/Radio?Canada 2020 plan to significantly reduce in?house production across the organization

  • The Corporation’ sell off of its real estate assets (Toronto Broadcast Centre and Montreal’s Maison de CBC Radio Canada and more).  It will have reduced its real-estate footprint by half by 2020.

  • We will have 1,000 to 1,500 fewer employees and possibly more. This is over and above the reductions (657) announced in the 2014–15 budget.  In total more than 3,600 jobs lost at CBC since 2008.

  • Watering down news reporting and current affairs coverage

  • Diminished local programming and shrinking news casts across the country

  • Losing diversity

 

Questions

  1. Do you approve of Hubert T. Lacroix’s performance of his duties as President and CEO of CBC/Radio Canada?  Yes/ No

  2. Would you like Hubert T. Lacroix to remain in his role as President and CEO of CBC / Radio Canada until the scheduled expiration of his term in 2017? Yes /No

  3. Would you like Hubert T. Lacroix to champion CBC /Radio Canada by publicly calling on the Conservative government to immediately reverse its $115-million cut in annual public funding to the National Public Broadcaster   Yes/ No

  4. On a scale of 1 – 10, how well do you understand what the 2020 plan entails? 0 – not well at all to 10- very well

Moved by: Jonathan Spence   Seconded: Rob Barlow .

VOTE: UNANIMOUS.   MOTION CARRIES.

2:50 Jonathan Spence has left the meeting.

 

MOTION #2:  Proposed by Jonathan Spence: I move that the Toronto Location Unit of the CMG recommend that the CBC Branch assist other locations with the execution of this survey on Hubert without the Toronto reference.

Elaine suggested we email Jonathan ask for clarification and evote this one. Motion is tabled.

Return to Item 7. Amend the Budget to include $2000.00 to cover member’s survey.

Motion: That the LEC committee pass the 2015 budget as amended. Moved by Anita Adams.  Seconded: Rob Barlow

UNANIMOUS MOTIONS CARRIES

 

  1. Grievance Committee Applicants:

MOTION FOR COMMITTEE TO GO IN CAMERA: Moved: Elaine Janes/Seconded Kim Taylor-Galway

The following candidates were selected to serve on the Grievance Committee: Rob Corbett and Wendy Walker. Mariel Borelli and Catherine Basraba will be asked to serve as alternates. President will notify members of the outcome of the vote.

Motion to come out of camera  Moved: Elaine Janes/Seconded by Kim Taylor-Galway

 

  1. Advocacy plans for April 10th, 2015

  • Referendum vote –would want the results for April 10th. Suggested that Vote start on April 2nd run to 9th.

  • Simply Voting.com Tony to handle deadlines with the voting company. Members will receive Email with I.D. code and password. We give them the list of members email addresses. Need to ask Glenn Seymour for the list electronically.

  • Naomi suggests prior to then that we email the members to notify them ahead of time that we need their email address for Simply Voting. In note ask for a non CBC email address.  We send a note March 26th. Naomi Robinson to write with Tony Germin and Jonathan Spence.

  • Make announcement at noon in Simcoe Park. Need to notify press.  Pass this idea to Advocacy Committee. To hand over April 11.

  1. Kim Taylor-Galway takes the Chair for Business Carried Over.

President’s Voting Rights:  Elaine Janes and Jordanna Lake failed to get clear, concise clarification of Robert’s Rules from the National Elections Committee (Keith Maskell and Jon Soper). Action Plan: Jordanna to clarify through RR full version. Elaine to go to other bodies in the union and ask them for protocol and size.

Chair returned to Naomi Robinson.

CHIEF STEWARD’S REPORTS:

  1. Rob Barlow updated the Committee re LJEC/Grievance Committee.

  2. Tony Germin updates the Committee. See written report. Spoke to filed Grievances.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES:

  1. New Members: Kim Taylor-Galway.  Next Meeting schedules Tue. Mar 24th 11-4 in Artist Lounge Michael D’Souza to talk about benefits. Issue with temps working extra shifts.

  2. SRC Committee report. Sent in by Claryse Boulineau. Requested report be in camera. Moved: Elaine Janes. Seconded Rob Barlow. Committee moved in Camera. Motion to come out of Camera moved by Elaine Janes. Seconded Kim Taylor-Galway.

  3. Member Support: Riza Kaya.

  4. Next Meeting: April 10th 2015.

  5. Adjournment 17:10.

Members to move to Metro Hall in support of Concert for CBC.