Tuesday, 19 February 2008

ottawa deal



Ottawa deal?

Negotiators on both sides of the Ottawa Sun/Sun Media contract talks

were quiet last night, but a reliable source says a tentative deal was

reached and will be voted on today.

The 32 unionized newsroom employees set a Monday midnight deadline

last week and then extended the deadline to midnight Wednesday.

The union members have been negotiating for their first three-year

contract since March of 2006.

A settlement for the CEP employees would be timely, with the Ottawa

Senators about to compete in the Stanley Cup finals.

The 50 unionized London Free Press employees, members of CEP's

Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guide, settled May 11 for 2% pay hikes in

each year of their new three-year contract.

Meanwhile, more than 250 Journal de Quebec employees, members of CUPE,

continue their month-long lockout/sympathy strike in Quebec City.

And newsroom employees at Sun Media's Simcoe Reformer have set a


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