Category : Union

CWA Canada mourns former leader Arnold Amber

Written on Sep, 05, 2017 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: cwacanada.ca Arnold Amber, a proud, passionate union leader, respected journalist, and fierce defender of free expression, died on Labour Day in a Toronto hospital with family at his bedside. He was 77. Amber, director of TNG Canada from the time it was created in 1995 until he retired in 2011, shepherded its evolution into CWA Canada, the country’s only …

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Facebook link to Striking Halifax Members

Written on Jan, 26, 2016 by in , , | Leave a comment

 

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Guardian US Votes Unanimously To Unionize

Written on Jul, 29, 2015 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source:huffingtonpost.com Labor organizing is sweeping through newsrooms. So who’s next? NEW YORK – The staff of the Guardian US voted unanimously Wednesday to unionize under the News Media Guild, an action that comes amid a spate of labor organizing in newsrooms. “The Guardian has a long tradition of supporting union effort,” a spokeswoman for the Guardian US chapter of the News …

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NEGOTIATION UPDATE

Written on Jun, 23, 2015 by in , , | Leave a comment

Talks between the Company and the Victoria Joint Council of Newspapers have broken off, as the Joint Councils latest offer was rejected by the company.  Severance pay, health benefits and wages remain outstanding. No further meetings are scheduled. Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions.

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Rally to support Cowichan strikers 

Written on Dec, 06, 2014 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source:mediaunion.ca DEC 5, 2014 On Monday, December 8th, at 2pm – BC Fed President, Irene Lanzinger and Secretary Treasurer, Aaron Ekman will be joining the picket line in support of our strike at the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial. The main issue is the employer’s insistence on a two tier wage system.We are asking our members and other locals to come …

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Staff at Duncan’s Black Press newspaper go on strike

Written on Dec, 02, 2014 by in , , , | Leave a comment

Source: cheknews.ca News clip video here Unionized Employees at the Cowichan Leader News Pictorial are on the picket line. The employees’ job action started Monday morning and it has to with the top rate of pay. Black Press wants to eliminate it for new hires but the union says that’s a terrible plan. Kendall Hanson reports.  

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News Leader Pictorial staff on strike in Duncan

Written on Dec, 02, 2014 by in , , | Leave a comment

Source: cowichanvalleycitizen.com Twelve employees at the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial newspaper in Duncan took to the picket lines on Monday in a dispute over proposed changes to their pay structure. The strike is about blocking the implementation of a two-tier wage system by management, said Unifor Local 2000 representative Peter McQuade. Right now, employees’ wages increase over time through a classification …

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CMG deeply disappointed by CBC Management blame game

Written on Nov, 10, 2014 by in , | Leave a comment

Source: cmg.ca BY  CMG  •  POSTED ON  November 7, 2014 Carmel Smyth, National President for the Canadian Media Guild says she is deeply disappointed that CBC vice president, Heather Conway, has seen fit to assign blame in advance of an investigation that she herself commissioned into the Jian Ghomeshi matter. “One would have thought there would be enough respect for the process that she’d …

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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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