The National Elections Committee of CWA/SCA Canada announces the  results of the election for the position of Canadian Director. Martin O’Hanlon: 440 votes Ron Carroll: 167 votes Uncounted ballots Unsigned return envelopes: 30 Spoiled ballots: 4 Challenged ballot: 1 Procedural error by a Local Elections Committee: 30 ballots not counted Martin O’Hanlon is declared elected as Canadian Director. Scott Edmonds, …

‘We need to be in the streets as well as at the ballot box’ Source: cwa-scacanada.ca Today’s tough economy and political attacks demand a “broader, deeper” movement, organizing not just new union members but building alliances that will make it clear where America’s true majority stands, CWA President Larry Cohen said Monday in his convention address. “We need to be in the …

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Source: theglobeandmail.com Managers who bully, are disrespectful or play favourites are a huge problem that many Canadian organizations are willing to turn a blind eye to as long as those leaders get results, according to a new survey. click here to read story

Arbitrator orders reinstatement of RFA reporter whose edited story caused a diplomatic flap By Andy Zipser, Editor Source: The Guild Reporter In a case underscoring the dangers of social media reporting — especially when complicated by foreign-language translation —  a Guild-represented reporter for Radio Free Asia has won an arbitration that rescinds his termination and orders full reinstatement with back …

Bernie Lunzer, TNG-CWA President 23 Sep 2010 newsguild.org Discretionary pay has been a perennial issue for organized labor and is currently part of the assault on teachers’ unions. Recently, the media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting published a worthwhile article, “First, Bash the Teachers,” that examined how even well-meaning reformers buy into the “merit pay” myth. To quote …