Monthly Archives: June 2015

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Written on Jun, 25, 2015 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: cowichanvalleycitizen.com When David Rubenstein, known affectionately by his friends, colleagues and clients as Dave, or Ruby, started at the Cowichan Valley Citizen some 29 years ago, he had no idea he would become such an intrinsic part of the community paper. Coming to the job from a background of radio announcing (he had that deep radio voice voice), he soon …

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Written on Jun, 23, 2015 by in , , | Leave a comment

Talks between the Company and the Victoria Joint Council of Newspapers have broken off, as the Joint Councils latest offer was rejected by the company.  Severance pay, health benefits and wages remain outstanding. No further meetings are scheduled. Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions.

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Written on Jun, 14, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

read entire story here Brothers and Sisters: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I am deeply, deeply humbled—and truly honored—that you have placed your trust in me to lead this great union. Forty-seven years ago, when I Read more at: http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_president_chris_sheltons_address_to_the_75th_cwa_convention

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Written on Jun, 06, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Progress was made on a number of issues during two days of negotiations this week between the Times Colonist and the Joint Council of unions. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled to resume June 22 and 23. Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions www.vving.ca

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Written on Jun, 02, 2015 by in , | Leave a comment

Source:poynter.org Last year circulation revenues inched ahead of advertising for the world’s newspapers, according to a report out today from the trade group WAN-IFRA. For 2014, circulation generated $92 billion compared to $87 billion for advertising, according to a world press trends survey released as WAN-IFRA begins its annual World Congress meeting in Washington. Read entire story here

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