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Rally for Striking Chronicle Herald Newsroom Workers
October 11, 2016 @ 12:30 am - 1:15 pm
RALLY FOR THE STRIKING NEWSROOM WORKERS AT THE CHRONICLE HERALD
Join Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff on TUESDAY OCTOBER 11th at 12:30pm on the Herald’s main picket line at 2717 Joseph Howe Avenue in Halifax for a RALLY for the striking newsroom workers (members of CWA Canada‘s Halifax Typographical Union).
Journalists, photographers and editors at the Chronicle Herald newspaper (represented by CWA Canada’s Halifax Typographical Union) have been on strike for over 250 days at this time. Rally NEXT TUESDAY (October 11th) at 12:30pm for these striking workers!
Rally of Support of the Striking Herald Workers with Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) President Hassan Yussuff.
12:30pm Tuesday October 11th
2717 Joseph Howe Avenue, Halifax
The Herald’s newsroom workers (members of CWA Canada‘s Halifax Typographical Union) are facing a concerted union-busting attempt by the Chronicle Herald management. The employer has demanded extraordinarily serious wage and benefit rollbacks, the erosion of pay equity language in the Collective Agreement which has for many years ensured gender-based wage parity, and has announced their intent to do severe cutbacks in the newsroom. Further, the employer is attempting to weaken the jurisdiction of the union by attempting to remove a number of positions from the bargaining union or eliminate those positions and replace them with freelancers who are working on piecework contracts with no benefits or seniority.
Bring flags and banners!
Invite your friends and circulate widely to all union members, allies and supporters!
