Press

For press inquires contact Carleen Finch:
Phone: 416-461-2461x1
Email: carleen@unifor87m.org

Press Releases

2022/07/25: Canada’s largest Chinese-language newspaper to close Aug 28
2016/01/25: Daily newspaper closure damages Canadians — Support of professional quality journalism vital to national interest
2016/01/19: Sun, Citizen newsroom merger bad for Ottawa — Blow to editorial independence, says union representing Sun journalists
2015/06/22: Beach-Riverdale Mirror reporter, Joanna Lavoie, wins 2015 labour journalism award
2015/03/24: Sun Media employees want union, Toronto workers launch organizing drive to join Unifor
2014/09/22: CTV London reporter, Cristina Howorun, wins 2014 labour journalism award
2014/06/08: Media union breaks silence on election — Don’t vote for Hudak and his PCs, Unifor Local 87-M tells members
2012/11/13: Unionized employees at Sun Media newspapers in Ontario reeling over the cutting of 500 jobs across the country

Media Coverage

2016/01/20: Postmedia layoffs raise concern about losing distinct voices. CBC News
2016/01/19: Sun, Citizen newsroom merger bad for Ottawa. Canadian Newswire
2016/01/19: Postmedia cuts 90 jobs across Canada. Toronto Star
2016/01/19: Postmedia to merge Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Citizen newsrooms. Metro Toronto
2016/01/19: Postmedia layoffs include Edmonton Journal editors, National Post sports reporters. CP 24
2016/01/15: Le Toronto Star change d’imprimerie. Ici Radio-Canada
2016/01/14: Torstar laying off more than 300 production and editorial employees. Montreal Gazette
2016/01/05: New TV rules could erode funding, result in 7,000 layoffs, report warns. Business News Network
2015/11/23: London radio host Steve Garrison loses job at AM 1290 as part of Bell Media layoffs. London Free Press
2015/11/04: Ming Pao, Toronto Chinese Newspaper, Lays Off Staff, Ships Jobs to China. Epoch Times
2015/06/23: Metroland Media Toronto’s Joanna Lavoie wins 2015 Unifor Labour Journalism Award. Inside Toronto
2015/05/15: Federal public service unions united in defense of collective bargaining rights. Canadian Newswire
2015/04/24: Opinion — Tim Harper: Conservatives’ anti-union bill rises from the dead. Chronicle Herald
2015/03/24: Sun Media employees want union. Canadian Newswire
2014/07/09: Globe and Mail reaches tentative contract, union says. CBC News — Toronto
2014/07/03: Strike on hold at The Globe and Mail. Rabble.ca
2014/07/02: Globe and Mail and union resuming contract talks. Toronto Star
2014/07/01: Globe and Mail reporters appear to be preparing competing publication as possible strike looms. Financial Post
2014/06/30: Bylines missing from Globe and Mail as contract deadline looms. Canada.com
2014/06/16: Torstar, union reach deal over ‘digital jobs’. Globe and Mail
2014/06/10: 安省保守党料削3到5万教育工作者增班级人数. iask.ca
2014/06/09: Media union breaks silence on election. Canadian Newswire
2014/06/09: Unifor union urges media members not to vote for Hudak. City News
2014/06/09: Media union weighs in on election. Toronto Star
2014/05/27: Ming Pao (Canada) Reaches Agreement. Asian Pacific Post
2014/05/07: Toronto Star reporters stage a byline strike. Toronto Life
2014/03/10: 多伦多华裔支持香港新闻自由：中国从或半夜抓走. iask.ca
2013/11/05: Toronto Star ad sales operations to be shifted to Metro English Canada. CTV News
2013/09/18: Hamilton Spectator reporter wins labour journalism award. Canadian Newswire