CBC service returns to normal tomorrow
Monday, October 10, 2005
Members of the Canadian Media Guild voted overwhelmingly to accept a tentative deal with Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) management after a seven week lockout. The Guild reported 3,514 ballots were cast and 88.4 per cent voted in favour of ratification during their 9 October ballot. Most of the 5,500 unionized workers are expected to be returning to work on Tuesday.
The deal caps contract workers at 9.5 per cent of the full-time work force. The issue of the employer insisting on a larger number of non-guild members lead the union to vote in favour of a strike in early August.
On 15 August the CBC effectively shut down its English-language programming outside of Fredericton, New Brunswick, and its French language service outside of Quebec.
The negotiated agreement includes an individual signing bonus of $1,000, as well as allowing for wage increases of 12.6% over the life of the contract (over the complete period of the contract, to 31 March 2009.)
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edit- Canadian Press. "CBC employees accept tentative deal officially ending labour dispute" — Vancouver Sun, Sunday, October 09, 2005
- CBC News. "CBC lockout to end as employees accept tentative deal" — CBC, OCTOBER 9, 2005
- Canadian Media Guild. "New collective agreement ratified by 88.4% of voters" — Canadian Media Guild, October 09, 2005