Monthly Archives: October 2012

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Written on Oct, 30, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: angus-reid.com Most respondents rely on television, print newspapers and radio to make informed choices before an election. British Columbians express a preference for unbiased journalism from established news organizations, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll conducted in partnership with the Jack Webster Foundation has found. In the online survey of a representative sample of 800 British Columbians, almost four-in-five respondents (78%) …

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Source: mediaunion.ca Members of Local 2000 at the Campbell River Courier Islander will vote Thursday night on a “final offer” presented by the employer. The proposal is for a four-year agreement. Other details will be explained at the meeting. The bargaining committee has made no recommendation on the offer.

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Source: mediaunion.ca A tentative agreement has been reached between the Nanaimo Daily News and CEP Local 2000. More details will be available at the ratification vote, which will be held Wednesday October 31, time and place to be announced. Efforts by Mailroom employees at the Daily News represented by CEP Local 525G have so far failed to reach an agreement.

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Written on Oct, 25, 2012 by in | Leave a comment

Source: rabble.ca BY PRIYA SARIN PRO BONO | OCTOBER 25, 2012 The dramatic growth of social media use in Canada on such sites as Facebook has raised novel legal issues for employers and employees. One such issue is whether or not an employee’s off-duty conduct online (i.e. posting personal status updates, photos or comments on Facebook at home) can get that employee fired. In short, …

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Written on Oct, 23, 2012 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: thetyee.ca Eight pager formatted much like news, but Stead offers slim explanation. By: By Jonathan Sas, 22 October 2012, TheTyee.ca View full article and comments: http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2012/10/22/Globe-Oil-Sands-Advertorial/   “Journalism, commercial interests should be kept separate.” So ran the headline of a post written by the Globe and Mail’s public editor Sylvia Stead on Sept. 27. In the midst of the uproar over Margaret Wente’s …

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Written on Oct, 19, 2012 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: cwa-scacanada.ca Negotiations that spanned 18 months and two owners have finally produced new contracts for two CWA Canada Locals that represent workers at the Victoria Times Colonist. The four-year agreement, which will expire Jan. 2, 2015, includes wage boosts of 1.0 per cent in 2013 and 1.5 per cent in 2014, plus a $250 signing bonus in lieu of retroactive increases. …

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Here are the voting results from the  Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions: TNG-CWA Guild              96% in favour of tentative agreement. TNG-CWA Mailers          92% in favour of tentative agreement. CEP Compositors             86% in favour of tentative agreement. CEP Pressmen                   73% in favour …

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Written on Oct, 10, 2012 by in , , | Leave a comment

Members of Local 2000 working at the Nanaimo Daily News voted Wednesday in favour of a strike, if necessary, after talks with the employer broke down last week. Pressmen voted 100% in favour of strike action, while members in Composing, Sales, Pre-Press and Editorial covered under one agreement voted 85% in favour, in an effort to secure a new agreement …

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Source: niemanlab.org After being sold over the summer, the newspaper is hiring about 50 editorial staffers and adding new print sections — because print’s where the money is. Why did the Orange County Register send reporters and photogs to cover 40 — yes, four-zero, 40 — high-school sporting events in one weekend? No, it’s not another news mob. Nor is it a one-time thing. At …

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  A Tentative Agreement has been reached between the Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions and the Times Colonist. The Joint Council and Company agreed on a four year contract which will expire on January 2, 2015. There were no concessions. Term: 2011       0% 2012       0% December 1, 2012 $250.00 signing bonus January 2 2013 …

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