Peter Penashue says “CBC defined my very negatively” after loss in Labrador by-election. Read more »

We’ve heard some bad stories from individual workers in factual TV about long hours, unpaid work, lack of benefits or sick days, gender discrimination and bullying. They generally work as contractors and freelancers on reality, lifestyle and competition shows in … Read more »

This attempt by a government to control the biggest news organization in Canada has raised serious concerns, and there are now several campaigns underway to oppose this new Conservative attack on workers’ rights and the CBC. Read more »

The shortage is the direct result of employers lacking incentive to create an attractive workplace for Canadian workers. Instead, employers are seeking out foreign labour because migrant workers are often willing to take precarious jobs for relatively low pay. Read more »

The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) has an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to make a difference in both the union and media worlds. We are seeking an energetic and self-motivated Staff Representative (bilingual) for our Western regional office. Read more »

We’re happy to announce that the Guild bargaining committee has reached a tentative two-year collective agreement effective April 1 with Thomson Reuters. Highilights include a 2% wage increase back-dated to April 1, 2013 and a second 2% increase effective April 1, 2014 Read more »

New powers in the federal omnibus budget bill tabled last week would allow the government to participate in discussions about the definition of news and the role of the producers who create CBC programming. Bill C-60 opens the door to … Read more »

“The default action for dealing with requests for information should be to release it, not refuse it. Access should be the norm, secrecy the exception.” Read more »

On Monday, the federal government announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, pretending that misuse by some employers had led to the flood of people into Canada on temporary work visas. Wrong. The program has long been open to … Read more »

Today, your bargaining committee met with representatives from TVO (Clara Arnold, Laura Myers and Mara Tramontin) to begin negotiations for a new collective agreement. We started by setting out a (non-exhaustive) list of objectives. These objectives are based not only on the … Read more »