Author Mary Soderstrom gives a concise explanation of the ERDC’s (Electronic-Rights Defence Committee) class action on behalf of Canadian freelancers. [link] We’ve been working on this for almost 14 years now. But things are happening. Keep track of the ERDC’s web site to follow the legal fun.
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February 8, 2012
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Electronic Rights (E-rights) Class Action Activity
By Jack in Activism, current events, ERDC
September 24, 2009
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Stuart Robertson
By Jack in ERDC, Montreal, obitsHaving an awful time lately with people I like and have worked with passing away. First Sonja Skarstedt, then Renee Wathelet. Now it’s Stuart Robertson. Soft-spoken gardening expert on CBC radio, and columnist in the Gazette, he was also Chair of our Electronic Rights Defense Committee for a time. He sometimes had a bit of [...]
April 25, 2009
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David Fennario on the ERDC Class Action Authorization Victory
By Jack in ERDCDavid Fennario, author and playwright, was once the class representative for our class action lawsuit against a collection of corporate media types. He had to bow out in 2002 because of crippling health problems, but he’s still a supporter of the ERDC and its objectives. He proved this at our celebration last Thursday of the [...]
April 25, 2009
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Montreal Freelancers Celebrating Class Action Authorization
By Jack in ERDCRon Diamond, ERDC (Electronic Rights Defense Committee) Treasurer (R) with Mireille Goulet, our butt-kicking lawyer, who won the authorization decision against a team of five top-flight legal minds on the other side. Read more about the hearings last year on my old blog here. A little late in getting this to you, because there was [...]
April 23, 2009
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Freelance Celebration this Afternoon
By Jack in ERDCI want to invite freelancers of all stripes in the Montreal Area to the Brutopia Pub (1215-19 Crescent St. , between Ste. Catherine Street and René Lesvesque Blvd. Metro Guy. It’s happening from 5:30 pm to 7:30 this afternoon (Thurs. 23) to celebrate the authorization by Quebec Supreme Court of our class action lawsuit over [...]
April 19, 2009
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Bar-room Beauty
By Jack in black and white, collaboration, ERDC, Gagnon Fridays, Richard Gagnon, sketchesI’ve been busy with “stuff” and have neglected the blog a little bit. By that, I mean I didn’t post something yesterday. Scandal! Well, as I said, my friend and collaborator Rick Gagnon was away in New York, hobnobbing with the Hoi Polloi. Meanwhile I was toiling here in my dungeon in South Central Montreal. [...]
April 15, 2009
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GREAT NEWS: Montreal Freelance Writers Win Authorization in Electronic Rights Class Action
By Jack in ERDC, writingThis something exciting which I’ve been sitting on. But the embargo is over, so i can tell you about it now. Background on the court case here: http://erdc.ca, (UPDATE: and check “News and Announcements” for an impromptu history of the action thus far.) It’s taken us about 12 years to get to this step (one [...]
