Bell Media announces additional job cuts impacting 43 technicians

Bell Media has cut an additional 43 technician jobs as part of the restructuring it announced in February, the company confirmed to CBC News on Thursday.

The announcement comes after the company said it would move its local broadcaster CP24 from its Queen Street headquarters to its Scarborough, Ont., campus this fall, with business news organization BNN Bloomberg to follow in 2025.

“No departures will occur until the period between August 30 and September 27. We will be providing training, offering voluntary severance packages and eliminating vacant positions wherever possible to mitigate the impact on our team members,” a spokesperson for Bell Media told CBC News.

“Bell has and will continue to comply with all of its obligations under the respective collective agreements, and to comply with all applicable federal laws.”

In an email to union members, representatives from Unifor Local 723M said that they would be “watching the company closely to ensure the reductions were necessary,” according to screenshots obtained by CBC News.

“To say we are disappointed with Bell’s relentless reductions to our Local numbers is an understatement,” the email read.

“The coming months will be a critical period for our union as we navigate the move and negotiate the transition of our members to a new physical location,” it said.

CBC News has reached out to Unifor for comment.