Category : Unionization

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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Written on Oct, 28, 2011 by in , , | Leave a comment

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 This morning CEP Local 2000 applied for certification of a new bargaining unit at the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, a Postmedia-owned newspaper in Saskatchewan’s largest city. The application covers all employees at the StarPhoenix, except those in the distribution department and some management personnel. “This is great news for all Postmedia employees, union and non-union,” said Local 2000 Vice President …

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Written on Nov, 10, 2010 by in | Leave a comment

Women experienced disproportionately more gains in unionized jobs. by NUPGE Ottawa, November 8, 2010 — Statistics Canada reports that just over 4.2 million employees belonged to a union in Canada during the first half of 2010, up 64,000 from the same period last year. Union membership rose at a slightly faster pace than total employment. As a result, the nation’s …

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