Globe and Mail union negotiators reject offer

Jamie Sturgeon at the Financial Post reports it is more likely than ever that the 480 unionized employees at the Globe and Mail will prepare to strike come June 30. Management at the Globe had laid out what it said was its final offer to the union during negotiations yesterday: broad concessions in pensions and wages, one week of unpaid leave per year for employees, and the addition of an extra half hour to each workday without compensation. The Globe informed the union bargaining committee that it would impose all changes outlined in its proposal as of July 1.

The bargaining committee representing the editorial, advertising and circulation staff at the Globe, will meet again on Saturday and hold a vote to accept or reject the company’s demands. Brad Honywill, president of Local 87-M of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, stated “If [the union members] turn it down, they're affirming the authority of the bargaining committee to call a strike.”

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