Next phase in CBC workforce reductions coming next month

TORONTO – The CBC workforce will officially be 392 positions smaller very soon.A memo circulated Thursday at the public broadcaster says that the “first phase” of the cuts announced in June will see those positions eliminated before the end of the broadcaster’s fiscal year, March 31, 2015. However, most affected will receive notices mid-November.“It is estimated that 115 of these positions will be in corporate services, 154 in English services, and 123 in French services,” reads the memo. “Of these, over a quarter are existing vacancies created through normal departures or retirement, and many others have already been implemented. We...