Tag / strikes
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How did we get here? Chronicle Herald strike enters thirteenth month as talks once again break down
By Kat Eschner The 55 Halifax Chronicle Herald employees who walked off the job on January 23, 2016 are now in their second year of striking. But in a release dated Feb.… -
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Talks break down as Chronicle Herald bosses tender offer worse than proposed four months ago
By Teuila Fuatai for rabble Bosses at the Canada’s largest independent newspaper are proposing more staff cuts and salary reductions than those that led to a newsroom strike four months ago, the Halifax…
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While workers strike, Chronicle Herald starts hiring
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Chronicle Herald is hiring while its newsroom staff pickets outside. A job ad for multiple team editors and a content writer based in Sydney, N.S., was…
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The silence of the Chronicle Herald CEO
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Eighteen days into the Chronicle Herald strike, and all of the statements from Mark Lever have come in the pages of the newspaper he runs. The CEO…
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Students could be key in Halifax journalists’ strike
By Errol Salamon for CWA Canada Journalism students and recent graduates are well placed to support Chronicle Herald newsroom workers in Halifax, who have been on strike since Jan. 23. They can collaborate with…
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Striking Chronicle Herald journalists start their own news website
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Chronicle Herald staff are once again reporting, even though they are still on strike. Local Xpress, a news website entirely run by the journalists, officially went online…
