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Postmedia plans to lay off 54 staff at Vancouver Sun and The Province

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Postmedia has announced that they plan to lay off 54 staff at the Vancouver Sun and The Province by early April. A memo posted by Financial Post…
Postmedia cuts non-unionized staff benefits

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Postmedia has made substantial cuts to non-unionized employee benefits, including axing its employment assistance program and eliminating maternity and parental leave top-up payments. A memo released on…
Memo: Upcoming Changes to HR Programs at Postmedia

The following memo was sent to all Postmedia staff on Mar. 9, 2017. Across Postmedia we currently have numerous and varied benefit programs, pension plans and other human resources policies like vacation…
Postmedia issues layoff notices

Union says nine layoff notices issued at Montreal Gazette; six at Ottawa Citizen.
New CBC opinion section provides more paid writing opportunities for freelancers

Canadian freelance writers have one more potential way to earn money: by selling their ideas to the new opinion section being featured on CBCNews.ca.
Six months after organizing, bargaining at Vice Canada goes on

CMG says Vice is stalling negotiations in a memo released Nov. 30.
10 months into strike, Chronicle Herald union file labour board complaint

Union president says company won’t budge on non-monetary demands.
Here are the confirmed Globe and Mail staff who took buyouts

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor On Nov. 18, a select number of Globe and Mail staff members packed up their belongings and left the newspaper’s offices at 444 Front St. in Toronto…
Unions demand Postmedia executives reject $2.3 million in bonuses

By The Canadian Press Unions representing Canadian journalists want five Postmedia executives to reject bonuses totalling $2.275 million as the struggling newspaper chain continues staff reductions. The company awarded Postmedia president and…
The effects of a less-than-diverse media workforce

By Amanda Ghazale Aziz When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in the journalism and communications program, she said yes. She…