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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, 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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  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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Written on Jul, 18, 2012 by in , , , | 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 …

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NEGOTIATIONS WITH GLACIER MEDIA COMMENCE JUNE 29 Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions Negotiations between the Victoria Times Colonist and the Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions will commence on Friday, June 29, 2012.  The CEP (Compositors, Platemakers and Pressmen) will be the first of the Unions to meet the company to discuss their “peculiar” issues. Further meetings will be scheduled …

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Written on Feb, 22, 2012 by in , | Leave a comment

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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Written on Feb, 14, 2012 by in , | Leave a comment

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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