Dear CMG members at APTN, As you may have heard from Aptn, the company is anticipating some financial issues following the recent CRTC licence renewal  decision.  Aptn’s CEO has requested a meeting with the union to discuss ways to deal with this. … Read more »

We are now officially merged into one unit at aptn! The new five-year Collective Agreement for all CMG members at aptn came into effect on April 25, 2011, and will run to April 24, 2016. The highlights of the new … Read more »

Canadian Media Guild members at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network have ratified a new collective agreement. 87% of voters approved the deal. Here are the official numbers: >b>Total ballots cast: 46 Yes: 40 No: 1 Challenged/rejected: 5 The count was … Read more »

Don’t forget to attend the Guild membership meeting at 6 pm CT on Wednesday February 9 to discuss the tentative deal with APTN. For members in Winnipeg, the meeting will take place at the Radisson Hotel (288 Portage Ave.) and … Read more »

The tentative agreement between APTN and CMG reached last week can now be viewed at http://www.cmg.ca/aptn-tentative-agreement-2011.pdf. Changes in the agreement include: – Artice 4 – new language on re-skilling – Article 9 – new language dealing with Respect in the … Read more »

The Canadian Media Guild and Aboriginal People’s Television Network reached a tentative agreement to a new five-year Collective Agreement for all CMG members. The negotiations involved merger of the Editorial and Operations Agreements that were set to expire later this … Read more »

Negotiations between aptn and the Members of the aptn Branch of the Canadian Media Guild begin on Wednesday, December 1st 2010 in Winnipeg. Dan Oldfield, the Guild’s Senior Staff Representative, and Guild Staff Rep Rick Warren will be working with … Read more »

The APTN branch of the CMG has selected four members to form the bargaining committee that will negotiate the new collective agreement for all mambers at APTN. The members are: Bruce Spence and Shirley Mclean (Update: replaces Kent Driscoll) – … Read more »

More than 90% of CMG members in the operations unit at APTN have approved their new collective agreement, according to a preliminary count of the votes cast Monday. The union has informed APTN management of the result to ensure that … Read more »

The Canadian Media Guild and APTN management have reached a tentative agreement to renew the collective agreement for members of the operations unit. Click here to download the Memorandum of Agreement. All members of the unit will have the opportunity … Read more »