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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CWA Canada is calling on members to help fight passage through Parliament of a private member’s bill that would introduce onerous reporting rules for unions that are not required of other dues-deducting organizations. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) says Bill C-377 in its current form would be the “most costly and discriminatory bill faced by the labour movement” in this …
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Source: j-source.ca Rhiannon Russell listens in as journalists from the Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Star, London Free Press and CTV discuss unions in the newsroom, publisher influence and working for free. Hamilton Spectator reporter Nicole MacIntyre opened the panel discussion with a tale of woe. Six years ago, her friend and (now former) colleague jumped ship for the National Post …
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Source: mediaunion.ca Members of the Black Press Lower Mainland bargaining unit voted 128 -84 (60%) to turn down a proposed rollover of their collective agreement. The company was proposing a four-year contract with wage increases of 0%, 0%, 1% and 2%. Over 80 per cent of the membership voted. The next step will be to form a bargaining committee and …
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Source: cwa-scacanada.ca An about-face by management of the Victoria Times Colonist has brought contract talks with three unions screeching to a halt. The Victoria Joint Council of Newspaper Unions says meetings planned for next week have been cancelled and no new dates have been scheduled. The impasse was reached when the employer attempted to reintroduce significant items the Council believed …
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Source: cwa-scacanada.ca Windsor Typographical Union | CWA Canada Local 30553 A tentative deal reached between three unions and the Windsor Star mere minutes ahead of a Friday midnight strike deadline scored all-around thumbs up in ratification votes yesterday. The three-year collective agreement mostly preserves an enviable early-retirement provision that new owner Postmedia Network wanted to abolish. It was that stance …
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Source: cmg.ca The majority of employees at three Saint John radio stations have signed cards to join the Canadian Media Guild (CMG). The stations are K-100, 98.9 Big John FM and 93 CFBC, all owned by Maritime Broadcasting System (MBS). “My colleagues and I love radio and enjoy working together,” says Gary Stackhouse, the host of the “Big John” morning …
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Windsor Typographical Union | CWA Canada Local 30553 CWA Canada members who work at the Windsor Star are one step closer to a strike deadline. A conciliator agreed today, during a conference call with representatives of three unions and management, to issue a no-board report. “What this means is that we now will skip conciliation and go directly to mediation,” …
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Windsor Typographical Union | CWA Canada Local 30553 Postmedia Network’s attempt to eliminate an early-retirement provision in their contracts has employees at the Windsor Star up in arms. Members of three unions on Sunday voted 96 per cent in favour of giving their joint council a strike mandate, which could see them hoisting picket signs by mid-May. David Esposti, the …
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Organizer faces monumental task of growing the membership Source: cwa-scacanada.ca It’s day two on the job for Dave Bosveld and he can barely contain his enthusiasm for the monumental task ahead: Help to turn around the precipitous decline in union numbers across North America. He begins as Organizing Director for CWA Canada by blazing trails in relatively unmarked territory. Rather …
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