CBC and CMG Reach Tentative Agreement
The CBC and the Canadian Media Guild have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year deal after seven weeks of negotiations. The deal was signed this afternoon. It is subject to a ratification vote by guild members.
If ratified, the deal would come into effect on January 1st, 2009 and last until 2014.
The details are a bit thin at this point, but here are the highlights:
- Wage increases of 1.5 per cent each year;
- Improvements in maternity/paternity benefits;
- Improved benefits for bereavement leave and layoffs.
There are obviously way more details on the deal, and I’ll post them as I get them.
What do you think so far?
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This is very good news.
1.5 % a year guaranteed is very good in this economic environment.
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Please grab ankles for the new collective agreement positioning.
Details we need details.
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For several hours on Sunday morning the feed for CBUT Channel 3 in Vancouver was displaying a static image that said something to the effect that it was time to dump big contracts. The CBUT-DT digital feed seemed untouched. I take it this was related to the CBC-CMG bargaining…
Very good news. It seems that under Hubert, the tone of labour relations has really changed and that’s a good thing for us all. CBC has enough challenges without the employees and management fighting all the time.