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 »

CMG will be looking for a budget that clearly supports public broadcasting on behalf of Ontarians, as well as a healthy balance of high-quality television and digital programming. Read more »

We are reaching out to decision makers to help start a serious, public conversation about strengthening TVO as a vibrant public broadcaster that remains relevant to Ontarians. The recent cuts were difficult, especially for colleagues who lost their jobs, and … Read more »

We have met with TVO management to discuss recent announcements about job cuts and restructuring in relation to our members’ rights under the collective agreement. At this time, we know that although nine of our members have received redundancy notices, … Read more »

Ontario’s public broadcaster announced today that it is cutting approximately two million dollars out of its budget, resulting in the elimination of up to 40 positions across the organization. Three programs will be affected. As of the end of the … Read more »

This is a quick update on some things your CMG executive have been working on over the past few weeks: Challenging TVO’s “new direction” for tvoparents unit We have significant concerns about TVO’s planned “new direction” for the tvoparents unit. … Read more »

In a few months we plan to start negotiations with TVO to renew our collective agreement. As part of our preparations, we need to know what your priorities are, for yourself as well as for all your colleagues in the … Read more »

The Guild at TVO is holding a meeting on Tuesday April 24 from 12 noon to 1:30 pm upstairs at the Duke of Kent to give you an update on a number of issues.  As you know, we’ve asked the … Read more »

The Canadian Media Guild convention will be held June 8-10 at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in Toronto. We at TVO have the right to send two delegates in addition to the members of the TVO Branch Executive. This is a … Read more »

This week the Canadian Media Guild advised TVO and CEP that it intends to ask the Ontario Labour Relations Board to decide which union has the right and responsibility to represent employees in some job classifications, and who can be … Read more »