by Pat Bulmer | Jun 30, 2025 | Local 2000 News
All members of Local 2000, as well as their children and grandchildren, are eligible to apply for the 2025 Harold Dieno Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a member, their child or grandchild, to help cover the costs of post-secondary education,...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 25, 2025 | News, Other News
JUNE 25, 2025 Dear Prime Minister Carney, Re: Urgent Canadian intervention to end the genocide in Palestine On behalf of Unifor and its 320,000 members across Canada, I am calling on your government to take urgent action to end the genocide in Palestine. Canada...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 11, 2025 | Local 2000 News
Local 2000 officers Brian Gibson and Bill Catterall joined our area members Mike Nagle and Robert Pictou to participate in the recent Tears to Hope relay leg from Kitimat to Terrace. The relay is held to honour and remember missing and murdered indigenous women and...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 10, 2025 | News, Other News
Press release June 9, 2025 (Toronto) – Postmedia Network Inc. (“Postmedia”) today announced the expansion of Postmedia Parcel Service, which will further connect Canadians across Newfoundland and Saskatchewan. This strategic growth builds on Postmedia’s existing...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 10, 2025 | News, Other News
Worth highlighting: “Let’s be clear: there are no tariffs blocking internal trade in Canada. Instead, ‘internal trade barriers’ are often code for regulation — including health and safety rules, occupational credentials, local hiring policies, public...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 5, 2025 | Industry News, Print
Rhythm Rathi · CBC News · Posted: May 31, 2025 Mary Casement of Saint Andrews, N.B., says “Oh, that’ll be in the Courier next week,” was once a popular phrase in Charlotte County. The phrase refers to the St. Croix Courier, the area’s iconic...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 4, 2025 | Local 2000 News
JUNE 4, 2025 VANCOUVER — Following the closure of Glacier Media’s digital community newspapers in April and May, which affected the jobs of Unifor Local 2000 members, journalists are now banding together to form a worker co-op with the goal of launching a newspaper in...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 3, 2025 | General, Industry News, Journalism
JUNE 3, 2025 MEDICINE HAT–The sudden closure of CHAT-TV in Medicine Hat, Alberta has resulted in the layoff of 16 Unifor media workers and the end of nearly seven decades of trusted local news programming. “The shuttering of CHAT-TV is not just the end of a...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 2, 2025 | Local 2000 News
WHAT: Four longtime community news reporters, the Union Cooperative Initiative and Unifor have joined forces to launch the Save Our Local News campaign. This bold initiative aims to create a fresh, trusted and reliable news publication in the growing communities of...
by Pat Bulmer | Jun 1, 2025 | Industry News, Journalism
By Joseph Ruttle Published Jun 01, 2025 Vancouver Sun/Province reporter Kim Bolan was one of three Canadian journalists recognized at an awards ceremony in Calgary this weekend for their contributions to the craft. The Canadian Association of Journalists...
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