Radio / Television News

No new talks planned

TORONTO – After four full days on the picket lines – and lots of BBC programming hitting the airwaves, there are no new talks planned between the CBC and its locked out Canadian Media Guild union members. However, says the CMG, the Guild's chief negotiator, Dan Oldfield, is in daily contact with his counterpart from management, Stephen Satchel. Satchel is the new lead negotiator for the CBC as the Corp.’s head of industrial relations, Michelle Sparling, removed herself from the table last week in an attempt to see if that would move along the talks. On Tuesday, federal mediators attempted...