2012.06.15 | CWA Canada Local 30213 | Canadian Media Guild
Pressure builds to 'break logjam'
at Saint John radio stations
Pressure is building on owner Robert Pace to ink a decent contract with his employees at three radio stations in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Two more days of negotiations are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in which the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) hopes to "break the logjam" and reach a fair deal that includes livable wages and working hours. If not, a work stoppage is very likely.
Employees at K-100, 98.9 Big John and 93 CFBC have been trying to negotiate a first collective agreement with Halifax-based MBS Radio since last summer.
Dozens of letters were sent to Pace after the CMG appealed to listeners in a full-page ad in the daily Telegraph-Journal last weekend to 'Help us get through to MBS Radio!'
More than 3,400 people have signed up to the employees' Facebook page and there are plenty of posts in support of their battle for decent wages and respect.
Gary Stackhouse, the host of the "Big John" morning show, and president of the Guild at MBS Radio in Saint John, attended the CMG national convention in Toronto last weekend. Delegates from across the country pledged support for their media colleagues.
Video courtesy Canadian Media Guild