Victory was a boost to union leaders and their right to speak out By Lise Lareau The dispute over CBC’s branded content initiative ‘Tandem” has led many journalists at the public broadcaster to wonder how vocal they can be in… Read more
CMG President, Carmel Smyth, CBC Branch President, Kim Trynacity and Francophone Affairs Director, Dominique Gauthier, described the negative impact of years of financial cuts to local news services across the country. The lack of resources has resulted in questionable use… Read more
The Canadian Media Guild, CBC/Radio Canada branch is extremely pleased an arbitrator has ruled in favour of our member who was unjustly fired from his temporary job in Winnipeg, and in doing so has upheld the reasonable expectation of personal… Read more
Every year, CMG’s parent union, CWA Canada, budgets money for education and mobilization so that union members can be provided with opportunities to expand their knowledge and skills, or to become more involved in the union. In 2020, due to… Read more
The union representing a significant number of Canada’s journalists condemns any and all violence and targeted attacks against media professionals. The Canadian Media Guild is calling for better awareness and understanding of the crucial role the media plays in providing… Read more
Vish Gajadhar has been elected as the new President of the CBC Toronto Location Unit, and Krista Jolliffe, Joe Fiorino and Wendy Walker have been elected as the three Chief Stewards, in the election that was held November 27–December 1.… Read more
As of the close of the nomination period, seven positions on the CBC Toronto Location Unit Executive Committee have been filled by acclamation, there will be an election for the Location Unit President and three Chief Stewards from November 27-December… Read more
Nominations are now open for all positions on Canadian Media Guild (CMG) Location Unit Executive Committees (LECs), including our CBC Toronto location unit. The election votes will be held between November 27 and December 1, 2020, and the elected candidates… Read more
October 7, 2020 New round of cuts at CBC – 40 Guild members impacted The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) is deeply disturbed by the continuing trend to reduce the size of CBC/Radio-Canada at a time when it ought to be… Read more
October 5, 2020 6 Months Working Through a Pandemic As numbers in Toronto rise and we enter a second wave of this Covid-19 pandemic, we encourage all our members to stay vigilant in protecting their own health. A relatively small… Read more