TORONTO – About 100 technical employees at broadcaster Alliance Atlantis have voted to join the Canadian Media Guild.
The union has filed an application with the Canada Industrial Relations Board to represent about 100 technical employees at the Toronto-based company which owns and operates channels such as BBC Canada, Showcase, Food Network Canada, Life, and HGTV.
"The employees at Alliance Atlantis came to us seeking benefits many other unionized workers in the media enjoy, such as pensions and opportunities for training and advancement", says Scott Edmonds, vice-president of the Canadian Media Guild, in the press release.
"Alliance Atlantis may be one of the most successful broadcasters in Canada, but that doesn’t mean its success is automatically shared with its employees."
The CMG is a leading union in the media sector in Canada, representing employees at the CBC, Canadian Press/Broadcast News, TV Ontario, Reuters, Vision TV, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, and was most recently certified at the Quebecor-owned television station Toronto 1
