Dismissal of CHRY volunteer programmers is disrespectful!

TO: THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM OF CHRY(105.5 F.M.) RADIO INC. ALSO KNOWN AS CHRY VIBE 105.5

Open Letter Regarding the dismissal of  CHRY volunteers and Proposed Launch of VIBE1055.

FROM: Local community members,York University students and the locked out  volunteer programmers from CHRY Radio Inc.

Date: May 15th, 2015

We are writing to express our disagreement with the dismissal of the volunteers of CHRY Community  Radio Inc. as of  Thursday,April 30, 2015. On May 12, 2015,  community members, York University students,alumni and locked out Volunteer Programmers held a meeting  to address  their concerns  regarding these authoritative, unethical, punitive and unwarranted  violations of Ethical Community & Employment  Standards by the so-called Management team. The  outright dismissal of all volunteers, some of whom have over 28 years of dedicated service to the station, was without respect to due process of law, not to mention fairness or equity, and ran counter to the values of community radio.

We are requesting an amicable resolution of this unfortunate situation in the best interest of CHRY Radio Inc., the community, the volunteer programmers and York University
students who are the primary owners of CHRY Radio Inc.

The  Volunteer Programmers  are  cognizant of  and  sensitive  to concerns regarding the
growth of  the organization. However, the management  did  not  respect due process, as
the lockout violates the basic rights of the volunteer programmers, the community and
the students; thus, we are seeking a respectful consultation and resolution.
We  respectfully request that  all volunteer programmers be reinstated immediately
without prejudice while we agree on a date and time for parties to convene to seek an
appropriate resolution to our concerns. We require a response from the Management and Board of Directors on or  before May 22, 2015. Further action will be pursued if our concerns are not appropriately addressed.

We hope that common sense and good faith will prevail.

Sincerely,

Connor Allaby

Andrea Baocaude

Fakiha Baig

Luther Brown, Caribbean Crucible

Ysh Cabana, Radio Migrante

Luca Capone, Night Shift

David Conliffe-Layne, Kaiso Rising

Matthew Fava, former staff, former  programmer

Malinda Francis

Rhea A. Gamana

Sabrina (Butterfly) Gopaul, prOPIRGanda

Charlene Grant-Stuart

Roy Greene, Odyssey

Brandon Hart

Imran Kaderdina, prOPIRGanda

Nana Knasi

Rohan Koomar, Nu Beginnings

Netta Kornberg

Usheak Koroma

Arshia Lakhani

Naila Lalji

Tao-Ming Lau

Jim Lewis, Conscious Vibes

Arden Maalik

Haseena Manek

Myles Marcus

Abdinasir Mohamed

Tammy Moore, The Tammy Show

Veda Narain, Pushkar

Kevin Padmore, Conscious Vibes

Omme Rahemtullah, African Perspectives

Errol Rodney

Michael Romandel

Kofi Sankofa, Kubandwa

Sunaya Sapurji

Christine Sinclair

Jasmine Surkari

Alyssa Tutay, Heavy Gauge

Alex Waithe, Kaiso Rising

Contact: yourcommunityradio1055@gmail.com