Thursday, August 11, 2011

Gazette mailers on the road to unemployment

Reading about the lockout at the Montreal Gazette is like watching a replay of dozens of media labour disputes. Postmedia wants its mailing room employees to work for what it says is an industry pay rate. And while the paper agreed to a four day work week for pressman and other employees, the handful of unreconciled workers -- less than 30 it seems -- said no to five days. What's it about in the end? The feeling that just grips an observer is that these poor people can't win. The refusal to work for what appears to be a going rate seems like a pathway to unemployment.

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