Category : PNG

Kennedy Heights closure agreement approved

Written on Jul, 23, 2014 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Local 2000 members who work for PNG at Kennedy Heights have voted 135 to 47 in favour of accepting Postmedia’s latest offer for severance and other matters related to the closure of the printing plant. There was one spoiled ballot. About 74 percent of the members who cast ballots voted yes to the closure agreement that includes a severance package …

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New tentative Kennedy Heights closure deal

Written on Jul, 23, 2014 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Following discussions this week between Unifor National President Jerry Dias and Postmedia President Paul Godfrey, a new tentative closure agreement has been reached concerning the Kennedy Heights printing plant. An additional $1.5 million has been negotiated to bring the total severance package to $17.5 million. The Kennedy Heights bargaining committee has also met to adjust the distribution of the severance …

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Postmedia and union talks break down over contracting out of printing

Written on Nov, 26, 2013 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Source: thetyee.ca Talks between the company that publishes the Vancouver Sun and Province and the union that represents their workers broke down after two days of negotiations earlier this month over contracting out of the printing of both newspapers. That increases the likelihood of a labour dispute in a year’s time over Pacific Newspaper Group’s plan to have outside companies handle …

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Pacific Newspaper Group wants to reset image for readers and employees

Written on Oct, 09, 2013 by in , , , , | Leave a comment

Source: j-source.ca Postmedia Network’s B.C. papers have suffered a spate of bad news recently—a large number of employees took buyouts from The Province and the Vancouver Sun, and there were rumours the two brands would be merged into one newspaper. Then there was that memo from Pacific News Group president Gordon Fisher that riled many, putting two floors of its building …

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Postmedia to close Kennedy Heights plant

Written on Sep, 10, 2013 by in , , , , , , | 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” …

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Vancouver Sun, The Province offering employee buyouts

Written on Apr, 25, 2013 by in , , | 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.

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Tentative deal at PNG

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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Jobs lost as PNG exits insert business

Written on May, 20, 2012 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: mediaunion.ca The Vancouver Sun and Province are getting out of the insert business effective July 15, 2012, a move that will cost over 50 Local 2000 members their jobs. Management informed the union about the move on Monday, saying that the insert business was on track to lose almost $1 million this year. Only about 12 members will be eligible for relocation …

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