Union demands CBC management take action on systemic racism

TORONTO — The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) has sent a letter to the CBC’s senior management team, urging them to take action to dismantle structural racism in the corporation, according to a blog post Tuesday. The letter was written by a group of Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) and allied CBC employees, and signed by 247 current and former CBC employees from across Canada, according to the blog post. In the letter, the CMG repeats its previous call for temporary employees of the CBC to be converted to full-time staff. In June, the union asked the federal government...