What's with Canadians and their lockouts? Also, if the CBC locked out it's employees, then who wrote the article and posted it on the CBC website :mischief2 :lol .

 

CBC locks out employees

Last Updated Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:01:05 EDT

CBC News

 

The CBC locked out about 5,500 employees at 12:01 a.m. Monday after no substantial progress was made in last-minute bargaining between Canada's largest broadcaster and its union, the Canadian Media Guild.

 

The workers have been without a contract for more than a year, with the CBC saying it needs more flexibility to hire new staff on a contract basis instead of full-time.

 

The CMG, which represents producers, newsroom staff and technicians, says 30 per cent of the CBC's workforce is already non-permanent, giving the network all the flexibility it needs.

 

Programming on all CBC services - radio, television and online - will continue, though it will be scaled back. Management says the CBC will continue to broadcast CFL football and NHL hockey games ? but possibly without any play-by-play commentary or colour analysis. Local radio morning shows will be replaced by a single national broadcast. TV newscasts will be pared down, and there will be more acquired programming and movies.

 

Last month, guild members voted 87.3 per cent in favour of giving their negotiating team a strike mandate. The employees have been without a contract since the end of March 2004. Negotiations for a new contract began in May 2004. Employees in Quebec and Moncton, N.B., belong to different unions and are expected to continue working but not to cross over into Ontario to help out.

 

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...es20050815.html

Looks like Canada forgot to give the CBC the right-to-work allowance other government agencies get.