Radio / Television News

CBC swings back at CUPE


TORONTO – With unions across the country taking advantage of a high profile lockout by signaling their support for the CBC workers with hyperbolic press releases, the CBC felt the need to clarify things. This week CUPE National president Paul Moist made public his position on the current work stoppage at the CBC with a press release, reported on www.cartt.ca. “Mr. Moist's support for CMG and its positions is not unexpected,” says a release from the CBC. “However, it is disappointing that he recites the union line with little apparent thought to the real issues behind it and the context...