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Union fights firing of CBC political reporter over book deal

Written on Dec, 15, 2017 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: cwacanada.ca CWA Canada and its largest Local are going to bat for member Richard Zussman, who was fired by the CBC for allegedly breaching rules governing activities outside of work. The Canadian Media Guild (CMG ), which represents thousands of employees at the public broadcaster, has taken the case to arbitration and is seeking a ruling from labour mediator Vince …

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Media unions, allies welcome CBC governance reform

Written on Jul, 10, 2017 by in , | Leave a comment

Source:https://cwacanada.ca/ Many years of advocating for a CBC board of directors that’s free of partisan political appointments has paid off for CWA Canada’s largest Local, the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) and its allies. Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly announced today the creation of an independent advisory committee, whose members are experts drawn from the media industry, to provide a list of …

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Let’s stop pretending all is OK at CBC — it’s not

Written on Nov, 16, 2014 by in | Leave a comment

Source: cwa-scacanada.ca LISE LAREAU | CMG National Vice-President One day, in between one major layoff announcement and another terrible revelation in the Jian Ghomeshi case, an email appeared in my inbox declaring the winners of the CBC President’s Awards. It stunned me; it seemed so wrong to pretend things were normal and the annual tradition was going on uninterrupted, while so much …

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Enabler to a media hatchet job

Written on Nov, 10, 2014 by in | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail.com Patrick Lagacé is a columnist with La Presse. In early 1995, CBC/Radio-Canada president Tony Manera handed his resignation to prime minister Jean Chrétien, citing the proverbial “personal reasons.” Later, Mr. Manera opened up about the real reason why he suddenly quit his job as chief of the public broadcaster: “I will not preside over the dismantling of the CBC,” he told …

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CMG deeply disappointed by CBC Management blame game

Written on Nov, 10, 2014 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: cmg.ca BY  CMG  •  POSTED ON  November 7, 2014 Carmel Smyth, National President for the Canadian Media Guild says she is deeply disappointed that CBC vice president, Heather Conway, has seen fit to assign blame in advance of an investigation that she herself commissioned into the Jian Ghomeshi matter. “One would have thought there would be enough respect for the process that she’d …

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CBC’s effort to uncover bodies in an alleged 58-year-old triple murder

Written on Oct, 02, 2014 by in | Leave a comment

Source: poynter.org On Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s flagship evening newscast dedicated 15-and-a-half minutes to a single jaw-dropping story.  It is the story of a horror that a woman said she witnessed 58 years ago and spent decades trying to get someone to care. Three years ago, my church pastor called to say he knew a woman who desperately needed a journalist …

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Guild calls out Quebecor on its ‘dirty war’ against CBC

Written on Nov, 01, 2011 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: cwa-scacanada.ca 2011.10.28 | CWA Canada Local 30213 | Canadian Media Guild Quebecor media outlets were all but silent today on uncharacteristically public accusations that it is waging a “dirty war” against the CBC. CWA Canada’s largest Local, the Canadian Media Guild, pulled no punches when it came to the defence of the public broadcaster, which has been moved by …

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