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Victoria Strikers Win Settlement
An 8-week strike that virtually shut down the Victoria Times-Colonist in British Columbia has been settled after a non-stop weekend of bargaining, with members of The Newspaper Guild-CWA making no concessions to management.
Guild members voted 185 to 22 for the 3-year contract that includes annual raises of 2.5 percent. Composing room and press operators, represented by two separate unions, also voted to ratify.
"The company really wanted to bust our contracts and bust the joint council that operates here, which this time around was solid as a rock," said TNG Canada Representative Dan Zeidler. "There were no concessions." Management was demanding large cuts in wages and benefits for some workers, contracting-out language, reduced sick pay and other contract changes.
The Guild units include 250 editorial, circulation, advertising and customer service employees in TNG-CWA Local 30223 and mailers in TNG-CWA Local 30403.
Meanwhile in Ontario, Canada, a lockout continued at The Sudbury Star and a joint Guild unit representing workers at the Cobourg Daily Star and Port Hope Evening maintained a strike that began Oct. 11.
Guild members voted 185 to 22 for the 3-year contract that includes annual raises of 2.5 percent. Composing room and press operators, represented by two separate unions, also voted to ratify.
"The company really wanted to bust our contracts and bust the joint council that operates here, which this time around was solid as a rock," said TNG Canada Representative Dan Zeidler. "There were no concessions." Management was demanding large cuts in wages and benefits for some workers, contracting-out language, reduced sick pay and other contract changes.
The Guild units include 250 editorial, circulation, advertising and customer service employees in TNG-CWA Local 30223 and mailers in TNG-CWA Local 30403.
Meanwhile in Ontario, Canada, a lockout continued at The Sudbury Star and a joint Guild unit representing workers at the Cobourg Daily Star and Port Hope Evening maintained a strike that began Oct. 11.