Postmedia Community Corp. has minimize greater than 75 jobs by outsourcing the printing and inserting of the Windsor Star, in keeping with Unifor and CWA Canada.
The unions stated printing is being transferred to a Toronto printer, and the papers will then be shipped again to Windsor for distribution, whereas inserting will now be accomplished at a plant in London, Ont.
The printing plant staff are lined by Unifor, whereas CWA Canada represents the inserting members.
In a press launch Monday night, the unions stated they’re protesting the choice and urging the newspaper writer, which owns publications throughout the nation together with the Nationwide Publish and Vancouver Solar, to rethink.
Unifor stated the unions turned conscious of deliberate cuts by Postmedia on Jan. 24, and official discover of the closure of the plant got here on Friday.
Postmedia didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Information that the corporate deliberate to put off 11 per cent of its editorial employees broke final week. Unifor stated it’s ready for specifics on editorial job cuts.
Unifor nationwide president Lana Payne stated the most recent spherical of cost-cutting by Postmedia will harm native information.
Postmedia lately introduced it’s shifting dozens of its Alberta neighborhood newspapers to digital-only codecs and extra outsourcing offers for printing.
— With information from Tara Deschamps
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 30, 2023.
