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Unifor Local 723M recommends rejection of final offer on first new contract since Bell’s 2010 CTV acquisition.

A small group of freelance radio journalists are in a stand-off with a non-profit media company asking for full copyright in a new contract.

Black Press says the newspaper may close if a deal is not reached.

Labour issues dominate our list of the 10 most-read stories about Canadian journalism in 2014.

Toronto Media Mixer gets media workers talking about their rights.

New study finds that digital technologies are transforming the work of Canadian journalists—and not for the better.

Dressed in black, members of the Halifax Typographical Union staged a 15-minute walkout outside the Chronicle Herald building to protest recently announced layoffs.

The Toronto Star announced it will hire eight digital journalists who will be paid less than other journalists in the newsroom and is considering another round of editorial buyouts. The Star also laid off 11 full-time page editors and eight staff in the circulation department.

The union sent a bulletin to Toronto Star staff saying management intends to create 17 new digital positions, which would be paid “significantly less” than similar existing positions in the newsroom.  

Through most of the 20th century, it was common for newsrooms to have multiple reporters assigned to the labour beat, but now only a handful exist. H.G. Watson reports.