Union, Postmedia, strike deal to mitigate job losses at Vancouver Sun and Province
Some staff will have an unpaid day off every two weeks, or a 10 per cent pay cut, to save 21 jobs.
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What the sale of 27 newspapers to the Chronicle Herald will mean for Atlantic Canada
TC Transcontinental announced on April 13 they would divest of their interests in Atlantic Canada.
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Here is who was laid off today at the Vancouver Sun and The Province
Postmedia announced plans to layoff 54 staff from the Pacific News Group on March 10.
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Lessons from a little English newsroom
By Jessica Caparini for University of King’s College The Signal Peter Morse didn’t learn that his office was shutting down from a man in a suit, but from an anxious receptionist holding a piece of paper she shouldn’t have had. It had been carelessly faxed one winter’s day in early 2014 by upper management to…
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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 media reporter Sean Craig on Twitter outlined details of the layoffs, described as the “second stage of our salary deduction initiative.” Phyllise Gelfand,…
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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 March 9 details the changes for both full-time and part-time staff. “Across Postmedia we currently have numerous and varied benefit programs, pension plans…
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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 that apply to various employee groups. In order to both achieve harmony across our operations and to ensure the affordability of these programs…
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Postmedia issues layoff notices
Union says nine layoff notices issued at Montreal Gazette; six at Ottawa Citizen.
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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.
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Six months after organizing, bargaining at Vice Canada goes on
CMG says Vice is stalling negotiations in a memo released Nov. 30.