by Brian Gibson | Jan 8, 2020 | Local 2000 News, Local News, Uncategorized
January is an especially important month each year for Unifor Local 2000 Pacific Newspaper Group members who have ONIL opportunities in their collective agreement. It’s a once-a-year-only window for members to apply for temporary promotions to other jobs under our...
by Brian Gibson | Dec 18, 2019 | Local 2000 News, Local News, Uncategorized
In mediated arbitration with the Kelowna Daily Courier in Kelowna today your Union was pleased to reach two settlements. The issues were the number of stories being reported by the Managing Editor at the Daily Courier and the amount of accounts and commission the...
by Brian Gibson | Dec 5, 2019 | Local 2000 News, Local News
Greetings, December is almost upon us, and with that comes our annual B.C. Holiday Social; hosted by the National Office but with financial and volunteer support from locals. The purpose of this event is to provide a welcoming and fun evening for local leaders,...
by Brian Gibson | Nov 20, 2019 | Local 2000 News, Local News, Uncategorized
Today we learned that StarMetro Vancouver, along with our sister papers in Edmonton, Calgary, and Halifax, will be closing. It marks the end of an almost two-year effort to transform TorStar into a national news outlet covering stories that matter to communities. Here...
by Brian Gibson | Nov 20, 2019 | Local 2000 News, Local News, Uncategorized
TorStar, the parent Company of StarMetro Vancouver announced that they would be closing all StarMetro Newspapers across Canada. This includes papers in Halifax, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. Other changes within TorStar were also announced today. Unifor has posted...
by Brian Gibson | Sep 22, 2019 | Local 2000 News, Local News
It was announced in a letter to readers on September 18, 2019 that the Prince George Citizen would cease as a daily paid subscription newspaper and change to a free weekly newspaper while still providing an online edition of the paper. The Company gave the Union...
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