(Montreal) The cuts announced last week by Groupe TVA have begun to take shape. According to the Canadian Union of Public Employees, they would mainly affect executives and non-unionized workers.
The TVA Group announced in a press release last Thursday the elimination of 240 positions, including 140 directly at TVA. The others must relate to other Quebecor entities that provide services to the company.
In an interview on Monday, Carl Beaudoin, president of the TVA employees union – a local of CUPE, affiliated with the FTQ – specified that “currently”, 25 unionized positions would be affected among its members.
However, the number is not final, as there may be vacancies, temporary positions and a right to bump that may be exercised. “It’s always evolving. And we, as a union, are obviously going to defend the rights of our members,” he said.
According to the information at his disposal, it is mainly non-union members and executives who would be affected. He also regrets that TVA did not warn the union beforehand.
Already, the union has learned that the journalist from Baie-Comeau has seen his position abolished. However, it covered the entire North Shore.
Other expenses will be affected by these cuts, including the service contract for the TVA helicopter and the wave transmission trucks, said Mr. Beaudoin.
Contacted by email, TVA had yet to comment at the time of this writing.