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Lockout Over at Ontario's Sudbury Star
A three-month lockout at the Sudbury Star in Ontario, Canada, has ended, with TNG-CWA Local 30234 members agreeing to a four-year contract that will raise salaries by 9.25 percent for fulltime workers and 15 percent for part-timers.
The contract also includes improved pension contributions by the employer, better benefits and a one-year guarantee against layoffs.
"Denis St. Pierre provided great leadership as the driving force for his local throughout the lockout," said Arnold Amber, director of TNG Canada/CWA. "He and all our members of the Northern Ontario Newspaper Guild are to be congratulated for standing up for their principles. This is one of the best agreements in the newspaper industry in recent years."
Sudbury Star management chose to lock out its 80 employees just minutes after union leaders at the Star had agreed to let members vote on a paltry contract offer Oct. 5, 2002. About 70 of the workers are Guild members; the others belong to the Graphic Communications International Union.
The Star is part of the Osprey Media Group, a chain that owns 32 daily and weekly newspapers in Ontario. They include the Cobourg and Port Hope papers, where 45 members of the Peterborough Typographical Union, TNG-CWA Local 30248, have been on strike since Oct. 11.
The contract also includes improved pension contributions by the employer, better benefits and a one-year guarantee against layoffs.
"Denis St. Pierre provided great leadership as the driving force for his local throughout the lockout," said Arnold Amber, director of TNG Canada/CWA. "He and all our members of the Northern Ontario Newspaper Guild are to be congratulated for standing up for their principles. This is one of the best agreements in the newspaper industry in recent years."
Sudbury Star management chose to lock out its 80 employees just minutes after union leaders at the Star had agreed to let members vote on a paltry contract offer Oct. 5, 2002. About 70 of the workers are Guild members; the others belong to the Graphic Communications International Union.
The Star is part of the Osprey Media Group, a chain that owns 32 daily and weekly newspapers in Ontario. They include the Cobourg and Port Hope papers, where 45 members of the Peterborough Typographical Union, TNG-CWA Local 30248, have been on strike since Oct. 11.