Facing "neither comprehensive nor a proposal", is CBC headed for a strike?

TORONTO – The Canadian Media Guild didn’t like the latest contract offer from the CBC. In a release today, CMG said “CBC management tabled a so-called comprehensive proposal late yesterday that is neither comprehensive nor a proposal. It is little more than a compilation of language rejected by the Guild bargaining committee and by our membership during the strike vote.” CMG says the offer “includes the offensive language on employment status that, despite claims to the contrary, makes no commitment to maintain permanent staff but actually provides the ability to make virtually every future hire a contract employee,” says the...