The union representing striking workers at the Chronicle Herald says the paper has rejected an offer to return to the bargaining table.
The Halifax Typographical Union says they reached out to a company through a conciliator to meet but the company refused.
“It appears the Herald has a short-term plan or strategy in place that does not include professional newsroom reporters, photographers, editors and support staff going back to work anytime soon,” said Ingrid Bulmer, president of the Halifax Typographical Union, in a news release.
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59 workers at the oldest, independently-owned paper in the country walked off the job on January 23 and have now been on strike for seven weeks.
The company was looking to make 1,200 changes to the employees contract, changes that the union says would ” totally rewrite and gut the existing collective agreement.”
“The company is determined to bust our union and to farm out the jobs performed by respected local journalists to out-of-province workers and inexperienced new hires who will work much cheaper,” Bulmer said.
The union says they are ready and willing to head back to the bargaining table as soon as the company is.
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