Thursday, September 01, 2005
CBC 51: Send me the original script
I'm hearing that apparently there's some puzzlement inside the Toronto Broadcast Centre.
This was the week the Canadian Media Guild was supposed to fold--at least according to the script.
And it appears from other blogs that is what people inside were hearing and are surprised it hasn't happened:
Tessa reports:
I hear from a couple of colleagues that a group encountered a senior manager on the line at the Toronto Broadcast Centre earlier this week.
So does Aiglew from IT
And then there was the leak of the memo, received by LockoutinWinnipeg that recommended that managers entering a building be not too nice to their fellows:
I have a strong hunch that Fred and Krista were following someone else's script when they sent out that memo.
Ouimet did say in an earlier post that there was a script that laid out a scenario lasting months. (Ouimet's original post)
So to anyone inside the walls. I am not asking for the script Ouimet outlined, that would be conflict of interest (although I will take it if I can get it).
But I am betting that it is based on a non-confidential original template, probably written by a labour consulting firm, perhaps it has been published and I can even pick it up off Amazon or a website somewhere.
So let me know where I can get my hands on that original copy. Some of you managers inside were once journalists. Track it down. Send me an e-mail (give me information so that I can verify your identity.) Or if there's hard copy you can leave it behind a screen door somewhere. (If you're manager who's being flown home from Toronto for the holiday weekend, I can arrange pickup anywhere in Canada or just drop it at someone's door with a copy of this blog post.)
If we have to, let's play spy movie and arrange a dead drop.
Why do I suspect there is a consultant original template? Two close members of my family are both professional labour negotiators, one union, one management (neither has ever worked with a media industry) so I know such templates exist and circulate among high level corporate managers and that unions sometimes get their hands on them.
As the music blasts from Simcoe Park, get this. We're not following your script. But I would love to read it.
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8:35 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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This was the week the Canadian Media Guild was supposed to fold--at least according to the script.
And it appears from other blogs that is what people inside were hearing and are surprised it hasn't happened:
Tessa reports:
I hear from a couple of colleagues that a group encountered a senior manager on the line at the Toronto Broadcast Centre earlier this week.
Said manager: “You’ll be back in a week, maybe a week and a half.”
That sounds promising.
Then the manager went on the lament how difficult it’s been writing copy for the newscasts, suggesting that the task was menial and somehow beneath them.
So does Aiglew from IT
I politely talked for a bit with an APS shut-in who is a close co-worker in my group. He seemed to think that this would end soon after we conceded on the Permanent/Contract issue. The NightCrawlers are sometimes a wee bit out of touch but I kept saying "Nope, we’re not gonna cave".
"Yes, but it will happen".
"Nope, we’re not gonna cave".
"No, but, when hockey happens, you’d be called back."
"We’re not gonna cave"
Another walker who is in a related department came over. Since we all work together, never has that yellow line seemed so obvious. An instant of eye-contact… a pause.
"Nope, we’re not gonna cave".
"but….but… then what’ll happen?"
Well then, my friend, we’re all screwed. If the CBC goes down I’ll lose my job and my house. I, and all Canadians, will lose a living part of our culture
And then there was the leak of the memo, received by LockoutinWinnipeg that recommended that managers entering a building be not too nice to their fellows:
On the Friday conference call, we were asked whether managers were expected to visit the picket lines in their locations.
Some of us remember a day when spending a few minutes with picketers was encouraged. Those days were a very different situation than the one we're in now.
It is expected that designated Location Chiefs visit the picket line a couple of times of day to liase with CSM and with the picket captains and to gauge the mood on the line.
However, there should be no other managers or other non-CMG staff visiting the line, nor should there be any attempts to "improve the mood" on the line, by providing food or drink, for example. It's very important, if there is a lock-out, that we bring a quick resolution to the work stoppage. A quick resolution will be helped by picketers focussing on the reality of their situation. Making things more comfortable for the picketers does not support this goal.
Thanks
Fred and Krista
I have a strong hunch that Fred and Krista were following someone else's script when they sent out that memo.
Ouimet did say in an earlier post that there was a script that laid out a scenario lasting months. (Ouimet's original post)
So to anyone inside the walls. I am not asking for the script Ouimet outlined, that would be conflict of interest (although I will take it if I can get it).
But I am betting that it is based on a non-confidential original template, probably written by a labour consulting firm, perhaps it has been published and I can even pick it up off Amazon or a website somewhere.
So let me know where I can get my hands on that original copy. Some of you managers inside were once journalists. Track it down. Send me an e-mail (give me information so that I can verify your identity.) Or if there's hard copy you can leave it behind a screen door somewhere. (If you're manager who's being flown home from Toronto for the holiday weekend, I can arrange pickup anywhere in Canada or just drop it at someone's door with a copy of this blog post.)
If we have to, let's play spy movie and arrange a dead drop.
Why do I suspect there is a consultant original template? Two close members of my family are both professional labour negotiators, one union, one management (neither has ever worked with a media industry) so I know such templates exist and circulate among high level corporate managers and that unions sometimes get their hands on them.
As the music blasts from Simcoe Park, get this. We're not following your script. But I would love to read it.
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8:35 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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