Source: cepr.net Washington, D.C. Unionization in the United States has been on the decline since the 1960s. While many reasons have been offered to explain this drop in the rate of unionization, a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research highlights the roles that employer opposition to unions and weak labor laws have played in this decline. The report, “Protecting …
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Source: m.theglobeandmail.com Canadian Auto Workers delegates have voted unanimously to merge with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, combining two of Canada’s largest private-sector unions. The union said Wednesday all of the 1,000 delegates voted for the merger at the CAW’s constitutional and collective bargaining convention in Toronto. read entire story
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Source: blogs.vancouversun.com Newspaper publisher David Black on Friday announced plans to promote a “world state” $13 billion oil refinery in Kitimat to take advantage of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline. On Thursday in advance of the story I had an interview with him for a profile that was to run simultaneously to Gordon Hoekstra’s news report on the announcement. For reasons of length and subject I didn’t include some quite …
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Source: thetyee.ca VANCOUVER – Newspaper publisher Glacier Media Inc. (TSX:GVC) says its profit margins have been squeezed by community papers acquired last year from Postmedia. The Vancouver-based company’s net income fell to $5.3 million or six cents per share in the third quarter, down from $7 million or eight cents per share a year earlier, before the deal with Postmedia. Revenue …
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Source: theglobeandmail.com Postmedia Network Inc. is accelerating plans to slash costs at titles across the country, as it grapples with a heavy debt load and a relatively bleak view of the future of print advertising. As the industry confronts a prolonged slump in advertising, Postmedia has moved aggressively to shore up its balance sheet and centralize the production of its newspapers. …
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Source: fogcityjournal.com When longtime reporter Bill Snyder joined a panel of fellow labor journalists during Laborfest, he brought along a copy of Moby Dick. When it was his turn to speak about the issues journalists face today, Snyder opened the book to an earmarked passage and began to read. “Again, I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a …
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Source: theglobeandmail.com Conrad Black and Warren Buffett have something in common – they both think newspapers are undervalued. As newspapers across North America frantically build paywalls to charge their online customers and cut back on their publishing schedules and staff to reduce costs, the former publisher says there’s still value in the industry if it’s run the right way. read …
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Source: mediaunion.ca A tentative four-year deal has been reached between Local 2000 and Pacific News Group covering all unionized employees of the Sun and Province newspapers. “This was a very hard round of bargaining because of the difficult financial condition of the company and the troubled state of the newspaper industry,” said Local President Mike Bocking. “The agreement reached is the …
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Source: cwa-scacanada.ca CWA Canada extends congratulations to its members who are among the winners in this season of media awards. Claiming the country’s top honours for public service journalism is the Victoria Times Colonist, which secured the coveted Michener Award. Columnist Les Leyne, a member of the Victoria-Vancouver Island Newspaper Guild, accepted the award on behalf of the newspaper in a ceremony at …
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Source: michenerawards.ca Ottawa, June 12, 2012. The Times Colonist in Victoria has won the 2011 Michener Award for its reporting on a B.C. government policy that reduced support for people with developmental disabilities, Russell Mills, President of the Michener Awards Foundation, announced today. The coveted Michener Award was presented to Les Leyne, columnist for the Times Colonist, by His Excellency, The Right Honourable David …
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