Friday, August 19, 2005
If you are at all concerned about the quality of programming being delivered during the strike, I suggest you visit this site and find out how you can best go about contacting your member of parliament.
On the way home from downtown tonight another cyclist passed me, slowed down as he was doing so, turned to me and said "Hey buddy are you in need of some THC?"
I chuckled and politely declined.
I chuckled and politely declined.
From K-Dub:
From The Toronto Star :
The CBC insists tomorrow's Argos-Eskimos will be ``fun" for viewers. A game without announcers, save for the stadium PA guy, might be entertaining for a few minutes. But it won't be what fans have come to expect.
aka Limited Options Sold as Noble Endeavours
From The Toronto Star :
The CBC insists tomorrow's Argos-Eskimos will be ``fun" for viewers. A game without announcers, save for the stadium PA guy, might be entertaining for a few minutes. But it won't be what fans have come to expect.
aka Limited Options Sold as Noble Endeavours
One of the reasons why I left my job at the library for this new position is because as a union job it offered more stability, security, and benefits. I had been working a temp job for over a year and I wasn't enamoured with spinning my wheels in a job I wasn't sure I was any good at. There were no raises, no evaluations, and no vacations. In short, there were no benchmarks by which I could judge my relative worth.
The new position offered constant dialogue with my bosses, benefits, and hopefully some movement that was not just lateral. There was only one catch, there might be a work stoppage. I mulled it over for about two seconds and decided that I could not pass up a job working in a field that I have always been drawn to. I was also trying to convince myself that negotiations would get done and work would continue uninterupted. I'm an optimist like that sometimes. In retrospect, I may just be naive.
I don't regret taking a job that in a cold reality could only be mine for two weeks. The job has lived up to all expectations I had for it. How proud am I to say I work(ed?) at the CBC?
When it comes to broadcasting in Canada, I can't even begin to think of anything comparable. I never fell in love with Bumper Stumpers on Global, I never had a soft spot for Check it Out on CTV, but I can recite the panelists of Front Page Challenge (or at least those from my era) without a problem : Pierre Berton, Betty Kennedy, Jack Webster, and Allan Fotheringham.
What worries me is that maybe I'm in the minority when it comes to those feelings towards the CBC. I have been reading the words of a number of people who have attacked the CBC for being an out of date albatross (dodo) that hasn't reflected the concerns and wants of its intended audience in years. It's a bad time to be getting a wake up call.
The new position offered constant dialogue with my bosses, benefits, and hopefully some movement that was not just lateral. There was only one catch, there might be a work stoppage. I mulled it over for about two seconds and decided that I could not pass up a job working in a field that I have always been drawn to. I was also trying to convince myself that negotiations would get done and work would continue uninterupted. I'm an optimist like that sometimes. In retrospect, I may just be naive.
I don't regret taking a job that in a cold reality could only be mine for two weeks. The job has lived up to all expectations I had for it. How proud am I to say I work(ed?) at the CBC?
When it comes to broadcasting in Canada, I can't even begin to think of anything comparable. I never fell in love with Bumper Stumpers on Global, I never had a soft spot for Check it Out on CTV, but I can recite the panelists of Front Page Challenge (or at least those from my era) without a problem : Pierre Berton, Betty Kennedy, Jack Webster, and Allan Fotheringham.
What worries me is that maybe I'm in the minority when it comes to those feelings towards the CBC. I have been reading the words of a number of people who have attacked the CBC for being an out of date albatross (dodo) that hasn't reflected the concerns and wants of its intended audience in years. It's a bad time to be getting a wake up call.
I think what is sort of sad is that within about 10 days, I'll be locked out longer than I'll have been in the employ of the CBC. I will have assimilated a picketing routine into my life more sucessfully than the duties of my new position. This kind of shocks and distresses me. It's also somewhat funny.
I guess I can pick out humour in this situation a little more easily than others. My lockout pay is only slightly less than what I was earning at my previous job. This is only going to get harder on those who are used to earning more and are trying to raise a family. I'm used to being self centred, so I can only imagine what a month of picket duty will do to some people's finances.
There seems to be more organization on the picket lines today. I wanted to feel like something productive was coming out of our actions and now it seems like we are doing something other than getting blisters. This counteracts the negative feelings I have been getting while reading letters to the editor that ask that the CBC keep up their lockout.
I hope that that isn't how most people feel about the CBC. I would like to think that we offer more than just 'Coronation St'. I miss 'Front Page Challenge' as much as anyone, but I'd like to believe that people will miss the 'Passionate Eye'.
You can contact your MP and let them know that you're dissatisfied with the level of service here. A full directoy of Government contacts can also be found here.
I guess I can pick out humour in this situation a little more easily than others. My lockout pay is only slightly less than what I was earning at my previous job. This is only going to get harder on those who are used to earning more and are trying to raise a family. I'm used to being self centred, so I can only imagine what a month of picket duty will do to some people's finances.
There seems to be more organization on the picket lines today. I wanted to feel like something productive was coming out of our actions and now it seems like we are doing something other than getting blisters. This counteracts the negative feelings I have been getting while reading letters to the editor that ask that the CBC keep up their lockout.
I hope that that isn't how most people feel about the CBC. I would like to think that we offer more than just 'Coronation St'. I miss 'Front Page Challenge' as much as anyone, but I'd like to believe that people will miss the 'Passionate Eye'.
You can contact your MP and let them know that you're dissatisfied with the level of service here. A full directoy of Government contacts can also be found here.
