COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada: Medicine Hat News
Seven (of 30) CWA Canada Local 30400 members were laid off, most effective April 13, which includes two reporters in editorial, several in advertising, sales and related jobs, says the union. The hours of all full-time and part-time staff have been reduced as of March 23, with full-time workers having their hours reduced to 30 hours from 37.5 hours and part-time workers having their hours reduced by one-day per week. Commission sales employees have been offered different options, from layoffs to reduced commission and minimum wage combinations. Employee benefits will be maintained.
Update March 11, 2021:
Medicine Hat News laid off one sports editor on May 31, 2020.
This post is part of the COVID-19 Media Impact Map for Canada, a joint initiative of J-Source, the Local News Research Project at Ryerson University and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The map will be regularly updated. If you have any additional information about known changes or have knowledge of a new impact, please contact us at info@j-source.ca or fill in details using the form COVID-19: Impacts on media in Canada.
