TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild now represents Toronto 1 employees in all programming areas, as well as technical operations and creative services.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board gave final approval to the Guild’s certification application on August 4, 2005.
"This means the business of getting the union in place at Toronto 1 is done,” said CMG president Lise Lareau. “The Guild can get on with the job of representing employees and Toronto 1 staff can start thinking of the Guild as theirs. People at the station have lived through a very uncertain time, dealing with an ownership change and the cancellation of what was their major flagship program, not to mention the union drive. I’d like to thank everyone for their patience."
CMG is planning a meeting in September for the new members at Toronto 1 to begin the process of negotiating a first collective agreement.
