Source: cwa-scacanada.ca Newsroom employees at The Chronicle Herald in Halifax today voted 94.6 per cent in favour of ratifying a new contract. The four-year agreement includes annual wage increases of two per cent for the 84-member bargaining unit of the Halifax Typographical Union. “I think this agreement is fair and reasonable and, from today’s ratification vote, it is clear the …
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Source: cwa-scacanada.ca A tentative agreement on a new contract for newsroom workers at The Chronicle Herald has been reached after the union bargaining team was armed with a strong strike mandate. Negotiators for the Halifax Typographical Union (HTU) are “happy with the agreement and will be recommending it to our members,” says president Stephen Forest. He expects a ratification vote to be held …
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Unionized newsroom employees at The Chronicle Herald have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, if necessary, in their contract talks with company. At a strike vote held Saturday, Feb. 4 more than 96 per cent delivered the mandate to their bargaining committee. Among the key issues, the union is opposing the company’s attempts to pay starting reporters and photographers …
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Source: cwa-scacanada.ca 2011.10.28 | CWA Canada Local 30213 | Canadian Media Guild Quebecor media outlets were all but silent today on uncharacteristically public accusations that it is waging a “dirty war” against the CBC. CWA Canada’s largest Local, the Canadian Media Guild, pulled no punches when it came to the defence of the public broadcaster, which has been moved by …
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NEWS RELEASE – CWA|SCA CANADA October 19, 2011 / OTTAWA — CWA|SCA Canada, the union that represents workers at the Victoria Times Colonist, is cautiously optimistic about the sale of the paper to Glacier Media. For years, Postmedia has been cutting jobs and sacrificing quality across the chain to service a huge debt load. Glacier appears to be in …
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Photos: Stephen Thorne Martin O’Hanlon was sworn in today as Director of CWA Canada although he will not officially begin in the full-time position until Aug. 30. O’Hanlon, 44, is taking a leave from his regular job as parliamentary editor for The Canadian Press, where he continues until the end …
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Source: The Montreal Gazette About 20 full-time and a number of part-time employees who work at The Gazette’s production facility on St. Jacques St. in Notre Dame de Grâce were locked out Sunday night after rejecting the company’s final contract offer. Employees in four other units affiliated with the Teamsters – pressmen, machinist-electricians, paper handlers and building services – approved …
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Source: cwa-scacanada.ca Martin O’Hanlon will be the next Director of CWA Canada after emerging the clear winner in national elections. O’Hanlon, a member of the Canadian Media Guild, captured 440 votes. His challenger, Ron Carroll, a copy editor at The Gazette and vice-president of the Montreal Newspaper Guild, garnered 167. “I’d like to thank the members for putting their trust in me to lead the …
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June 28, 2011 To: CWA/SCA Canada Locals and Guild Activists From: National Elections Committee Re: 2011 Election for National Director of CWA/SCA Canada Fellow members, Because of uncertainty about the resumption of postal service in Canada following the labour dispute at Canada Post, including when the mail already in the system will be moved, the National Elections Committee of CWA/SCA …
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The GreatWhig.ca team launched the campaign at a news conference in Kingston this morning. From left: Martin O’Hanlon, project initiator and CWA Canada deputy director;Kingston writer Jamie Swift; GreatWhig.ca project manager Alec Ross; CWA Canada Director Arnold Amber; and Paul Schliesmann, Whig-Standard reporter and vice-president of the Kingston Typographical Union. Souurce: cwa-scacanada.ca CWA Canada hopes Quebecor responds to pressure It’s …
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