Category : CEP

Postmedia to close Kennedy Heights plant

Written on Sep, 10, 2013 by admin in CEP, Labour, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, PNG, Post Media, Union | Leave a comment

Source: mediaunion.ca The Kennedy Heights printing plant will be put up for sale immediately and operations there will cease sometime in 2015, the union was told today by Paul Godfrey, CEO of Postmedia. The company presented two possible options going forward. One is contracting out the work currently done at Kennedy Heights. The company has “entered into a contract with Transcontinental” …

Vancouver Sun, The Province offering employee buyouts

Written on Apr, 25, 2013 by admin in CEP, PNG, Post Media | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail.com The Vancouver Sun and The Province newspapers will offer their employees buyouts to deal with “unprecedented revenue declines,” their publisher said in a memo to employees that bluntly warned that unless changes were made the papers wouldn’t be likely to survive a drop in print advertising. To read the entire story follow this link.

Campbell River vote called

Written on Oct, 25, 2012 by admin in Bargaining, CEP, Glacier Media Inc, negotiations | Leave a comment

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.

Tentative deal at Nanaimo Daily News

Written on Oct, 25, 2012 by admin in Bargaining, CEP, Glacier Media Inc, negotiations | Leave a comment

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.

Members ratify new contract at Times Colonist

Written on Oct, 11, 2012 by admin in CEP, CWA, CWA Canada, Glacier Media Inc, negotiations, Times Colonist | Leave a comment

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 …

Nanaimo Daily News members vote in favour of strike

Written on Oct, 10, 2012 by admin in Bargaining, CEP, negotiations | 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 …

Nanaimo Daily News members to take strike vote

Written on Oct, 04, 2012 by admin in CEP | Leave a comment

Source: mediaunion.ca Members of CEP Local 2000 working at the Nanaimo Daily News will take a strike vote, after talks with the employer broke down last Wednesday. Voting will take place at the Beban Park Community Center 2300 Bowen Road on October 10th, with meetings scheduled for noon and 5:30 p.m. The employer is seeking removal of language that protects against …

CAW votes to merge with CEP union

Written on Aug, 27, 2012 by admin in CAW, CEP, Organized Labour, Union | Leave a comment

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

Tentative deal at PNG

Written on Jul, 18, 2012 by admin in CEP, negotiations, PNG, Post Media | Leave a comment

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 …

CAW, CEP unions exploring merger

Written on Jan, 24, 2012 by admin in CAW, CEP | Leave a comment

Source: theglobeandmail.com Two of Canada’s biggest private-sector labour unions are formally exploring the possibility of creating a new, merged organization by the middle of next year in order to better protect their members from the demands being placed on them. Read story here

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Category : CEP

Postmedia to close Kennedy Heights plant

Vancouver Sun, The Province offering employee buyouts

Campbell River vote called

Tentative deal at Nanaimo Daily News

Members ratify new contract at Times Colonist

Nanaimo Daily News members vote in favour of strike

Nanaimo Daily News members to take strike vote

CAW votes to merge with CEP union

Tentative deal at PNG

CAW, CEP unions exploring merger

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