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 Tuesday, 20 September 2005
. .< 12:36:44 PM >
Globe and Mail: "CBC's managers look like twerps in this farce"
Globe and Mail: "CBC's managers look like twerps in this farce""The workers look stoic, contained, determined. The thing is, they
might as well have a conga line going because, after thirtysomething
days, they're winning. It's CBC management who look like twerps, not
them.
In the public-relations and psychological war that is the CBC lockout,
the locked-out workers are winning, hands-down."
[Via CBC Unplugged .com]
. .< 12:36:37 PM >
Toronto Star: "CBC must explain reason for lockout"
Toronto Star: "CBC must explain reason for lockout"
"If the current dispute lingers on
much longer, the CBC faces the real possibility of alienating loyal
viewers and listeners and giving vocal critics more ammunition to slash
its annual grant from the federal government. If that happens, the CBC
could be drastically changed in the coming years and its role as one of
the key champions of Canadian culture threatened."
[Via CBC Unplugged .com]
. .< 12:35:29 PM >
Rally With Shelagh Rogers To Protect The CBC!
Shelagh will be standing on stage at Massey Hall in Toronto Wednesday night shoulder to shoulder with: June Callwood; Alice Munro; the Air Farce; members of Moxy Fruvous; John Polanyi; Russell Braun; Benjamin Butterfield; Joe Clark; the Mark Eisenman Jazz Trio; Slim & Donné; Ndidi Onukwulu; R.H. Thomson and many more.
The aim of the evening is to both celebrate the accomplishments of the CBC and to rally in support of public broadcasting.
These are testing times at the CBC and, clearly, a large public gathering will help show the will of the people is to unlock the Corporation and allow it once more to broadcast wonderful, new Canadian stories.
Count yourself among those who will witness this and (as Andy Barrie has suggested) help fill Massey Hall to the rafters!
Come to the Hall on Shuter Street, just east of the Yonge/Queen subway, on Wedneday, September 21. Doors open at 7:15 pm and the rally begins at 8 pm. Admission is free.
Be there!
[Via The Caravan Unlocked]
. .< 12:33:07 PM >
CBC 93: The ratification rag
What is happening now is a sort of an extension of the weak CMG theory that has circulated inside for some years. The idea was that the CMG would dilute the more radical tech union and make agreement easy. Now apparently management's spies are reporting an increasing and alarming radicalization among some CMG members. There is fear that if there is a weak agreement, that it would actually be rejected by the membership and, if we're let back in, who knows what would happen then.*
My source to the inside puts it this way: Management spies are reporting that some Guild members are now angry over lost pay and the humiliation of lockout. There's a growing preference among some for noisier, and less decorous demos and even a harder line in negotiations. There is lots of talk on the line that is seeping back inside that the new militancy is unlikely to evaporate quickly after a settlement. The commraderie of the line--mentioned by all visitors to the Toronto dispute ground---could spawn a new generation of union activists. That's a dismal scenario for management to contemplate.
[Via The Garret Tree]
. .< 11:43:00 AM >
CBC 89: Is the Auditor General taking aim at CBC?
This may not be a relaxing Sunday for the senior management at the CBC.
There is chatter out of Ottawa this morning that the Auditor General is taking the first steps to take a look at the inner workings of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. And the lockout, apparently, is only a small factor in all this. It is five years since the Auditor General last took an indepth look at Crown Corporations and it is that time in the cycle once again.
Meanwhile, CBC Drone has posted the first of the reports on the Niagara Institute, claiming a manager was fired after the Corp's beancounters had a look at the bills. You'll find Drone's post Monkey games and the Prince of Darkness (1) here.
[Via The Garret Tree]
. .< 11:42:25 AM >
Can Hockey Save the CBC
This will likely not be the case for HNIC. The hockey trucks are supposed to be very complex and much more difficult to run than those for football. The managers are going to have to go back to school, and quick, if they are hoping to recreate the flowing game savvy Canadian fans are used to watching. It is thought by some that the trucks themselves may lead the way back to the negotiating table once management learns they can’t handle them.
[Via Feedster Search: CBC Lockout]
. .< 11:42:18 AM >
CBC 89: Is the Auditor General taking aim at CBC?
This may not be a relaxing Sunday for the senior management at the CBC.
There is chatter out of Ottawa this morning that the Auditor General is taking the first steps to take a look at the inner workings of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. And the lockout, apparently, is only a small factor in all this. It is five years since the Auditor General last took an indepth look at Crown Corporations and it is that time in the cycle once again.
Meanwhile, CBC Drone has posted the first of the reports on the Niagara Institute, claiming a manager was fired after the Corp's beancounters had a look at the bills. You'll find Drone's post Monkey games and the Prince of Darkness (1) here.
[Via The Garret Tree]
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