CWA Canada welcomes inquiry into Chronicle Herald strike
HALIFAX – CWA Canada, which represents striking newsroom workers at the Halifax Chronicle Herald, welcomes the news that the Nova Scotia government has called an industrial [Read more...]
Newspaper Industry
Any funding for newspapers must go to journalism, not executive bonuses
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to ensure that any subsidies for newspapers go to creating journalism [Read more...]
Scythe-wielding Postmedia ends talks at Ottawa Citizen, seeks conciliation
Postmedia abruptly ended three days of bargaining Thursday with the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, saying it would seek conciliation because talks were going nowhere. ONG President [Read more...]
‘Struggling’ Herald on buying spree with strike in 15th month
HALIFAX – The owners of The Chronicle Herald have struck a deal to expand what they have long described as a business that was struggling to stay alive. Transcontinental [Read more...]
‘Hard times’: On strike 13 months, a daughter follows in her dad’s footsteps
It was 1957 when 400 union members, my dad among them, walked off the job at the gypsum quarry just outside Windsor. Six decades later, I've learned what it was like to be in his shoes as I walk the picket line at The Chronicle Herald. [Read more...]
Union asks for inquiry into 13-month Halifax strike
NEWS RELEASE HALIFAX – It’s time for the provincial government to step in and do something about the 13-month strike by 55 newsroom employees at The Chronicle Herald, [Read more...]
Talks between Herald, striking staff break down
NEWS RELEASE HALIFAX — Talks between 55 on-strike Chronicle Herald newsroom workers and the company broke down on Thursday over seniority, jurisdiction and a handful of [Read more...]
Feds must take ‘urgent’ action on news industry report
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to take urgent action in response to today’s independent report on [Read more...]
Postmedia must rescind layoffs, use exec bonuses to save jobs
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is demanding that Postmedia rescind today’s layoff notices along with the big bonuses it paid top [Read more...]
Newspaper Industry
Canadian newspapers might be in decline, but they are still the largest source of journalism in this country. [Read more...]
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