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8 May

Union: Globe proposes reporters write advertorial copy

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p><em>The Globe and Mail </em>wants its management to have the right to assign editorial employees to write and edit advertorial copy as part of their regular duties, according to this union bulletin. </p><p>The following is the opening proposals from both management and the union's side. Bargaining resumes on May 20. </p><p>Both sides have said they will not talk about the proposals. </p>

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7 May

Updated: Union holds byline strike at Toronto Star

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Byline strike.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=CAN_TS&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newseum</a></em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> newsroom is staging a byline strike to protest what it’s calling a two-tiered pay scale.</p>

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6 May

Union bulletin: Filing grievances over Toronto Star’s digital hires

<p style=" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="undefined" data-auto-height="false" frameborder="0" height="600" id="doc_5515" scrolling="no" src="//www.scribd.com/embeds/222453077/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true" width="100%"></iframe></p>

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23 Apr

The market devaluation of digital journalism at Toronto Star

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star -2_4.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Wayne MacPhail, for rabble.ca </strong></p>

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21 Apr

Union says 55 jobs lost at Global News

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Global News_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Shaw Communications laid off 55 Unifor members who worked at Global News.</p>

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17 Apr

Global News offers staff buyouts

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Global News_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Global News said it will offer staff buyouts following the announcement that Shaw Communications, its parent company, is <a href="http://newsroom.shaw.ca/materialDetail.aspx?MaterialID=6442451502" target="_blank" rel="noopener">laying off 400 employees</a>.</p>

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16 Apr

Toronto Star hiring 8 digital journalists at “market-based salaries”

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star -2_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor </strong></p>

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10 Apr

Updated: CBC will cut 8 per cent of staff in two years; “abandons sport coverage”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Town hall mtg <a href="https://twitter.com/CBC">@CBC</a> to reveal "budget pressures". Translation: $130M in cuts. <a href="http://t.co/ncD5OvElDI">pic.twitter.com/ncD5OvElDI</a></p>— Talin Vartanian (@CitizenTalin) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenTalin/statuses/454297484882239489">April 10, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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2 Apr

Are unpaid internships worth it?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Intern_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Alison Garwood-Jones</strong></p><p>Every era has its hiring challenges. In the Dirty Thirties, when there was no work, men spent more time in soup lines than job lines.  <a href="http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/money_06.html" target="_blank" title="The lack of work in the 1930s" rel="noopener">“You couldn’t even buy a job,”</a> so went the popular catch phrase of the era.</p>

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31 Mar

Remembering Heather Robertson

<p><strong>By Michael OReilly </strong></p><p>When Heather Robertson died recently, the world lost a great author and a passionate activist. I lost a friend.</p><p>The Heather I knew was a tenacious advocate for the rights of her fellow authors and freelance journalists. Although I knew Heather for many years by reputation only—a respected journalist and author—I came to know her personally as the driving force behind our long struggle for the rights of freelancers in this new digital age.</p>

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