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Local Xpress was an online newspaper based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was founded in 2016 by 57 members of the Halifax Typographical Union's newsroom unit while on strike from The Chronicle Herald, the city's daily newspaper. [1] The Herald continued to publish during the strike using strikebreakers writing anonymously.
The strike negatively impacted Black Friday sales, with many small businesses unable to ship orders during their peak season. [26] The Canadian Federation of Independent Business reported the strike had cost small and medium-sized businesses $1.6 billion by December 13, and that 73% of small businesses intended to reduce usage of Canada Post. [27]
Less than a year later, on January 23, 2016, 61 members of the Halifax Typographical Union's newsroom and news bureau staff went on strike. The Herald hired "scab" reporters as replacements. The Chronicle Herald refused any concessions offered by the union, and later on the striking staff launched a competing online newspaper called Local ...
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Canada's labor minister on Friday moved to end a near month-long strike by postal workers, saying he had asked Canada Industrial Relations Board to determine whether talks on a new deal between ...
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The Coast is a free alternative weekly newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The paper distributes 24,000 copies per week throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality. The paper is owned by Overstory Media Group. [2] Founded in 1993, The Coast has a generally left wing editorial policy. It focuses on local issues, especially "people ...
Air Canada has reached a “tentative” deal with its pilots to avert a strike – just hours before the airline was expected to start cancelling flights ahead of a complete shutdown.. The ...