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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 29 2005 13 york region residents siobhan stunden left and debbie lightstone join other locked out cbc employees on the picket line in front of the cbc building in toronto by the numbers 39 the number of days cbc employees have been locked out 5500 the number of unionized cbc employees including tv anchors reporters and personalities affected by the dispute 20 the number of hours lockedout employees are required to picket per week 350 the amount cbc employees are receiving in weekly lockout pay and 950 million the cbcs annual budget in 2004 which is down nearly 400 million since 1990 september 29 to october 2 starts today cbc workers juggle odd jobs picket duty by patrick mangion staff writer it has been her routine for 13 years thornhill native debbie lightstone would wake up at 5 am spend about an hour on public transit and another hour after arriving at her job at the cbc in downtown toronto preparing for what would inevitably be another busy day in the news business the veteran news producer is one of the more than 5500 employees locked out by the national broadcaster for nearly seven weeks now even the involvement of federal labour minister joe fontana has not been able to bring the protracted dis pute to an end at the root of the lockout is cbc managements insistence on employing more workers on a parttime and tem porary basis something they say has become a common industry practice and both sides have dug in their heels now all technical support and edito rial staff including wellknown radio and tv anchors reporters and person alities belonging to the canadian media guild have been hitting the picket lines rather than the airwaves but there is optimism among the rankandfile that the lockout will end as next months start to the nhl hockey season gets closer hockey night in canada is a cash cow for cbc some people are pinning their hopes on that ms lightstone said lockout pay has been bumped from about 240 a week to 350 ms lightstone who is in her 50s fig ured she has lost about 4000 in wages since the lockout began aug 15 ive had to take from savings they say you should have extra money for a rainy day but i didnt think it would be this said ms lightstone adding she likely wont be contributing to her retire ment savings this year the cbc argues it is trying to deal with financial pressures as government cutbacks demand the broadcaster do more with less fireworks live music hell drivers family midway six horse hitch- until october 2 truck and tractor pull teen video dance demolition derby talent contest horse pull mccowan road elgin mills road free parking for event times and locations visit wwwmark les and serviceto all makes of hearing aids miwmm hearing aid evaluations baiteries andhearing aid accessories assistive listening jjeyices fm systems vfss earing problems 4 llyn fli jtijmvfil r irnmm 31 custom hearing protection musician anlswimplu il mmmm wnmwawmmk i inclusive i 35diam withenls fikimvlili guarantee throat doctors i certified audiologistsv mmlii ft every day is seniors day 10 discount off an accessories batteries parking available free hearing aid cleaning blbbi malkham north york markham etobicpke the audiology centre v j j west end hoaring fibm an markham stouffville hearing services fm mmi ss 1333 sheppard ave e sultetf 340 eimili ttxco rr 1243 islington ave suite 711 etobicoke established 192 377 church st suite 203 fesis