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10 December 2004
It's official: Guild certified at VisionTV
Canadian
Media Guild | TNG Canada
Local 30213
The Canada Industrial Relations Board has
given the Canadian Media Guild the legal right to represent
employees at VisionTV and at One: the Mind, Body and Spirit
Channel.
The Guild filed an application in July
to represent 46 people at the broadcaster in Toronto.
Late Tuesday the Board granted the Guild an interim certificate
for approximately half that number. The Guild and VisionTV
management are attempting to schedule a meeting; at that
time the two sides will determine whether the remaining employees
should be considered as unionized employees or management.
“We welcome everyone from VisionTV
to the Guild family,”
says Lise Lareau, president of the CMG. “And we look
forward to working constructively with VisionTV’s management
to fully discuss some of the salary and job classification
issues that people are clearly so concerned about.”
The Guild’s newest members
will now get to work choosing an executive to represent
them, and will take the first steps towards negotiating
a first collective agreement.
This story first appeared on the Canadian
Media Guild web site.
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