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The struggle to negotiate a first contract at CKLN-FM, Ryerson University’s student supported campus/community radio station, has turned into a fight against the illegal firing of two staff.
The small group of paid staff at the mostly volunteer station voted to join CUPE 1281 almost a year ago. Well into the negotiation process, management argued that news director Kirstin Schwartz and music director Tien Providence should not be in the bargaining unit a case usually made when a bargaining unit certifies and one that the employer could still try to make today at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Management’s solution? Forget the Board; fire the workers. Schwartz, who had just returned to work from parental leave, and Providence were terminated in a move that CUPE 1281 calls clearly illegal.
You can help this Sister and Brother to be re-instated in their jobs by sending a message to CKLN management.
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