Congratulations!

An agreement in principle has been reached between CMG and CBC management. I know it's not completely over yet, but before people begin to drift away and get back into work mode...

To the employees of the CBC and members of CMG - Congratulations! At first glance anyway, CMG appears to have won on every point (although I haven't heard anything re: layoff/recall yet) and Rabinovich & Co. are still expected to have to explain themselves to the Heritage Committee.

To all the people I've met, talked with and emailed since this started thanks for putting the silver lining to all of this: I've met and talked with alot of great people who I might otherwise never have encountered.

To all the bloggers and podcasters : You already know, but I'll say it anyway - you've rewritten the playbook for a labour dispute.

To all the viewers, listeners, organizations and other unions who have come out to support the CMG, your support is what turned the tide

To APS/Middle Management while I've heard a few stories about 'managers behaving badly' anyone with anything to answer for already knows. But generally what I want to say is peace you didn't cause it, you didn't have any of say in it, and CMG and APS are going to have to work hard and in concert to put CBC back together.

As for me , personally, it's back to my normal state of limbo. I haven't heard how/if this impacts casuals, but my guess is 'not much' and that there will again be many weeks where my CBC pay doesn't equal the strike pay I'm getting now. If anyone has a better alternative to this I'm all ears.

PublicBroadcasting.ca is still going ahead, the account hasn't been activated yet, but if you're interested in contributing anything, or have suggestions (even if you don't have the time/inclination to work on it yourself) let me know.