10 months into strike, Chronicle Herald union file labour board complaint
Union president says company won’t budge on non-monetary demands.
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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 for the last time as staff members. Voluntary severance packages were offered to all Globe and Mail staff on Sept. 8, according to…
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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 CEO Paul Godfrey $900,000, CFO Doug Lamb $450,000, COO Andrew MacLeod $425,000, legal and general counsel Jeffrey Haar $300,000, and National Post president…
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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 suspected why the university had asked her: She works full-time for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and she’s not white. Even with some reservations,…
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Memo: Toronto Star announces more newsroom changes
The following memo was sent to Toronto Star staff on Nov. 18, 2016 from Michael Cooke, editor, and Irene Gentle, managing editor. Colleagues, I am very happy to announce some further changes in the newsroom. Patrick Ho will bring his digital-first style and strong talent for rewrite and coaching newer reporters to a new breaking…
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Anti-TPP day of action highlights threat to journalism
It’s part of a massive campaign against the TPP in North America, led north of the border by CWA Canada.
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How much do newspaper reporters earn in 2016?
The average employment income of a journalist in Canada was $46,621, according to Statistics Canada’s 2011 census.
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More questions than answers for Now Magazine staff locked in labour dispute
Process has been “frustrating” says unit chair Jonathan Goldsbie.
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Six months on the Chronicle Herald picket line
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Mary Ellen MacIntyre There is no music in snow-laden boots stomping on the tiled floors at picket headquarters. Out on the line, winter is about nothing but staying warm. Long johns, scarves—mittens some hadn’t worn since grade school—and those wonderful packets of hand and foot warmers…
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CWA Canada adopts Canada’s first guidelines on media internships
By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor CWA Canada’s National Representative Council unanimously adopted Canada’s first guidelines on educational media internships at the union’s annual meeting in Calgary from April 29-30 to establish fair standards across the media industry. The CWA Canada Associate Members Steering Committee wrote the 15 internship guidelines. The union’s list of…