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13 Jan

Updated: Layoffs announced at Postmedia and The Globe and Mail

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Globe and Mail.PNG" title="" /><img align="right" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/National Post.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p>

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10 Jan

Mobilizing against precarity

<p><strong>By Errol Salamon</strong></p>

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7 Jan

To pay or not to pay? Canadian magazines grapple with the unpaid internship debate

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Magazine_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Eric Mark Do, Reporter</strong></p>

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20 Dec

Alberta Bill 45 does not affect journalists, government says

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>Alberta’s Bill 45—which imposes fines for illegal strikes and bans counselling encouragement to strike—does not affect columnists and news reporters.</p>

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16 Dec

Does Alberta’s Bill 45 threaten media freedom?

<p><strong>By Grant Buckler</strong></p><p>Labour legislation passed by the Alberta government at the beginning of December is causing concern not just in government workplaces and union offices, but also in some newsrooms.</p>

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13 Dec

Andrew Cash’s urban worker strategy bill tackles unpaid internships

<p><strong>By Justin Ling</strong></p><p>As freelancing and unpaid internships become the norm in today’s bleak media landscape, Andrew Cash has a tiny ray of light. In October, the NDP MP for Davenport tabled a private member’s bill in the House of Commons that calls on the government to establish a legal framework for the labour laws that govern what has become the new normal in the Canadian job market: precarious employment. Cash calls his proposal the <a href="http://petition.ndp.ca/urban-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Urban Workers Strategy</a>.</p>

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9 Dec

Three laid off at Brantford Expositor

<p>Three staff at the <em>Brantford Expositor</em> have been laid off as part of the 200 company-wide job cuts at Sun Media.</p><p>Hugo Rodrigues, who covers the city hall beat for the <em>Expositor</em>, and Jim Alexander, a sales representative, and Carol McFarlane,a customer service rep, have been laid off. Rodrigues, who is also the president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, and McFarlane are on a 30-day notice period as per their collective agreement with Sun Media.</p><p>Alexander was not a member of the bargaining unit so his departure was effective immediately. </p>

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5 Dec

New CUP/CWA Canada partnership takes “harm reduction” approach to internships

<p><strong>By Katherine Lapointe</strong></p><p>$1.64 an hour. That’s effectively the <a href="http://www.ellecanada.com/elle-canada-print-editorial-internships/a/47166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hourly rate</a> for editorial interns at TC Media’s <em>ELLE Canada</em> magazine on a four-month internship. And the interns who receive a $750 stipend upon completion of their internship are luckier than the many young journalists who are not being paid at all for their work. </p>

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4 Dec

Updated: Sun Media cuts 200 jobs

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja</strong></p><p>Sun Media announced it will cut approximately 200 positions across the company, of which one quarter will come from editorial.</p>

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27 Nov

Postmedia and union talks break down over contracting out printing of Vancouver Sun and The Province

<p><strong>By Marc Edge, for <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2013/11/26/Postmedia-Union-Talks/#sthash.e0bvcGim.dpuf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Tyee</em></a></strong></p><p id="39105522">Talks between the company that publishes the <em>Vancouver Sun</em> and <em>The Province</em> and the union that represents their workers broke down after two days of negotiations earlier this month over contracting out of the printing of both newspapers.</p>

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