CEP National donates $25,000 to Pakistan relief

Our national union, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) has donated $25,000, through its Humanity Fund, to Oxfam emergency flood relief efforts in Pakistan and is raising …

Abby Times members vote to accept contract

Local 2000 members at the Abbotsford Times on Thursday voted 7-5 to accept a two-year contract with no wage increases and no other changes to their contract. Fourteen members were …

Letter from Postmedia has no effect on union members

Local 2000 members today received an email from Paul Godfrey that included an attached “offer of employment” as a pdf file.

This “offer” has no effect and should be ignored by …

Prince Rupert, Nelson papers to close

Black Press is closing two B.C. dailies, the company announced days after buying the papers from Glacier Media.

The Nelson Daily News and the Prince Rupert Daily News, both of which …

Retirees’ Council

During the last Local 2000 Annual Congress a resolution was passed that set in motion the possible formation of a Local 2000 Retired Members’ Council. In order to determine if …

Lower Mainland Council call for annual Congress delegates

The CEP Local 2000 Annual Congress is a meeting of members from all 6 councils of the Local held annually in the fall. The delegates form committees to deal with …

Constitutional amendments pass

Local 2000 members voted yes to both constitutional amendments put before them in a referendum ballot.

Ballots were counted today and the results were as follows:

Question 1: Dues for optional members: …

Canwest’s new owners and the future of newspapers

Do newspapers have a future?

Can a Canadian industry that has been abused for more than 15 years by speculators, incompetents and in some cases, outright thievery, reinvent itself to occupy …

Glacier profit jumps

Glacier Media, which employs hundreds of Local 2000 members at B.C. newspapers such as the Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Kamloops Daily News, Prince George Citizen, Alaska Highway News, and Prince Rupert …

A glimpse at new owners’ plans?

One of the key players in the successful bid for Canwest’s newspaper assets is John Paton, former city editor of the Toronto Sun, editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Sun, publisher of …