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Article | 7/8/2022

New media unions gain ground, secure first contracts

By Jeremy Appel After two years without a contract, unionized staff at Canada’s National Observer have reached their first agreement with management, continuing a trend of journalists at new media outlets organizing their workplaces.  The five-year contract offers immediate pay increases for most staff, a company-contributed pension plan, equipment and expense allowances, overtime compensation and Continue readingNew media unions gain ground, secure first contracts

6/15/2020

Mainstream media refuses to talk profits in Ontario home care

“If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing” – Malcolm X By Zaid Noorsumar The Ford government is back to overhauling Ontario’s home and community care system this month and Canadian media has nothing to say about it Continue readingMainstream media refuses to talk profits in Ontario home care

Podcast | 8/19/2019

Independent media as a political organizing tool

An update on the state of Rank & File Radio, reflecting on its past and future. Then labour historian Scott Price joins for a discussion on the media’s role in grassroots and labour organizing, the need to build and fund new institutions on the left. -Support the show!-Patreon.com/RFRadioPrairie

6/20/2017

Rally marks 511 days on picket line for Chronicle Herald workers

By Robert Devet “This is really hard on us,” says Tom Ayers, a striking Herald reporter based in Sydney, Cape Breton. Ayers traveled to Halifax for the occasion after a supporter offered to pay for gas and take his spot in the picket line. “The worst part is the uncertainty. My car is reaching the Continue readingRally marks 511 days on picket line for Chronicle Herald workers

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