about the canadian media guild

The Canadian Media Guild is a democratic trade union, duly recognized and certified under federal and provincial labour legislation. We currently have nearly six thousand members, all of whom work in the Canadian media. We have collective agreements with the following employers: the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Société Radio-Canada (CBC/SRC), The Canadian Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse (AFP), TVOntario (TVO), the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (aptn), VisionTV, CW Television (formerly Alliance Atlantis Communications) and CJRC Radio Gatineau (Québec). We also have several hundred members who work at CBC on a freelance basis.

Our members hold a wide variety of jobs. They are the announcers who read the news on CBC and TVO; Guild members also determine and create the content of the programs themselves. They are administrative support staff, information technology professionals, camera operators, photographers, and customer service representatives. Much of what you see in your daily newspapers, on television, radio or new media sites comes to you thanks to the hard work of CMG members.

The CMG is one local of CWA/SCA Canada, which is in turn affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), which has a membership of over six hundred thousand workers across North America.

Our mission is to advance the interests of our members through collective bargaining. As a union, it is our goal to promote the best working environments possible in order for our members to have satisfying, rewarding and sustainable careers. We believe strongly that Canadians will have access to higher-quality information and entertainment if the people creating it have stable and fair employment conditions.

Contact Us

310 Front Street West, Suite 810,
Toronto, Ontario (CANADA)
M5V 3B5

Phone: 416-591-5333 or 1-800-465-4149
Fax: 416-591-7278
Email: info@cmg.ca

Our staff

National Executive Committee 2005-2007

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