CMG members at Vice Canada sign first collective agreement

TORONTO - Canadian Media Guild (CMG) members at Vice Canada have ratified their first collective agreement at the global digital media giant with major gains in salaries and benefits, stronger equity provisions, and measures to protect editorial independence, the organization announced Monday.This is the first contract with Vice employees who unionized within CMG just under a year ago. The three-year agreement, which comes into effect immediately, was reached after nine months of negotiations and was tentatively agreed on March 31, 2017 where it received the support of 94.7% of voting members."CMG members at Vice have done what is required to make the...