1 604 408 0746 [email protected]
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Unifor Local 2000
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Join Us
    • Join Us
    • JOIN NOW!
    • Why Join a Union
    • How to Join
    • Campaigns
    • FAQ
  • News
    • All News
    • COVID-19
    • Local 2000 News
    • Industry News
    • Organizing News
    • Employer Councils
    • Disputes
    • Jobs
  • Unifor Events
  • Resources
    • All Resources
    • FAQ
    • Your Contract
    • Support Union Media
    • Useful Links
  • Contact Us
Select Page

National freelancing summit tackles stagnant wages, problematic contracts and worsening precarity

by Pat Bulmer | Feb 22, 2023 | Industry News, Journalism, Print

BY ALOYSIUS WONG, Feb. 17, 2023, J-Source About 20 journalists, editors, photojournalists and students convened at Toronto Metropolitan University on Feb. 3 at a gathering hosted by the Canadian Freelance Union and the United Photojournalists of Canada to consider...

Postmedia announces Community Advisory Council for Montreal Gazette

by Pat Bulmer | Feb 21, 2023 | Industry News, Journalism, Print

Posted Friday, February 17, 2023 6:15 am Press Release | Postmedia Network Inc. Following a groundswell of support for the Montreal Gazette and local journalism, Postmedia announced the creation of a Community Advisory Council charged with helping to strengthen the...

Unifor Media Council releases discussion paper spotlighting harassment against media workers

by Pat Bulmer | Feb 16, 2023 | Industry News, Journalism, Print

FEBRUARY 16, 2023   TORONTO – Unifor Media Council is launching a new media discussion paper—Breaking the News: Media Workers Under Attack—which focuses on confronting the increasing harassment of media workers. “We hear stories from our media members all the...

Windsor Star layoffs and closure threatens local news coverage

by Pat Bulmer | Jan 31, 2023 | Industry News, Journalism, Print

JANUARY 31, 2023 WINDSOR, ONT. –Postmedia’s decision to close the Windsor Star’s Starway Printing Plant brings an end to more than a century of daily print newspaper publishing in Windsor and comes at the cost of eliminating roughly 75 media jobs in the...

Canada’s newspapers are being plundered by monopoly capitalism

by Pat Bulmer | Jan 31, 2023 | Industry News, Journalism, Print

Patricia W. Elliott · For CBC Opinion · Posted: Jan 30, 2023 In the morning dark, before coffee is made and cats are stirring, you’ll find me awkwardly leaning out my front door, one arm reaching for the mailbox and the comforting touch of newsprint. In truth,...

Unifor, CWA to protest job cuts in Windsor

by Pat Bulmer | Jan 30, 2023 | General, Industry News, Journalism, Print

JANUARY 30, 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY Unifor and CWA Canada locals and members in Windsor are protesting Postmedia’s decision to eliminate editorial and inserter positions, and outsource printing of the Windsor Star, cutting the jobs of over 75 people. “These latest cuts to...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Recent Comments

  • Rally to support Cowichan strikers  | Victoria Vancouver Island Newspaper Guild – Local 30223 on Rally to support Cowichan strikers

Categories

  • Bell Media
  • Black Press
  • Black Press
  • Chocolate
  • COVID-19
  • Gaming
  • General
  • Glacier
  • Industry News
  • Job Posting
  • Jobs
  • Journalism
  • Local 2000 News
  • Local News
  • News
  • Organizing News
  • Other News
  • Postmedia
  • Print
  • Printing shops
  • Purdy's
  • Uncategorized

Recent Posts

  • Historic Atlantic newspaper makes print comeback
  • Former Unifor members laid off from Glacier Media papers launch their own newspaper co-op
  • Closure of Medicine Hat’s CHAT-TV a loss for local journalism and Canadian media workers
  • Save Our Local News campaign launches in New Westminster, Tri-Cities and Burnaby
  • Postmedia’s Kim Bolan one of three honoured for courageous reporting by Canadian Association of Journalists

Contact Us Today!

Do you have questions for us or would like to learn more about Unifor Local 2000? Reach out to us today and we will be happy to answer your questions.



1+ 604 408 0746



[email protected]



#102 – 5783 176A Street

Cloverdale, BC V3S 6S6

Contact Us
reCAPTCHA