The Globe and Mail reported yesterday (March 7) that Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. fourth-quarter profit fell 95 per cent to $2.6-million. Resulting in a per-share profit of 7 cents compared with $52-million or $1.58 per share a year ago.
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Despite Mr. Black's insistence that the strike at the Calgary Herald is not affecting his profits, his stock continues to plummet, his readership is down and advertisers are looking elsewhere to place their ads.
Last Thursday, Andy Marshall, striker and President of CEP Local 115A met face-to-face with a finger-wagging Conrad Black. When asked about returning to the bargaining table Black said: "We're amputating gangrenous limbs. If they have the grace of conversion and want to function as employees instead of staging an NDP coup d'etat in the newsroom, they'll be welcome." He also suggested the dispute will end one of two ways: decertification or come back to work with no agreement on such basic clauses as seniority and wage grids! Andy Marshall said no thanks.
These workers need public support now more than ever. Four months on the line is a long time. Continued pressure on advertisers will directly reflect in more losses for Mr. Black until he sees this strike is not worth it.
Get More/Do More
Canada Safeway continues to run ads in the scab-run Herald. The striking workers want you to send letters and email to Canada Safeway urging them to stop advertising in the Herald until this dispute is over.
You can send suggestions through their website at www.safeway.com/suggest/suggest.shtml.
You can also send mail to:
Grant M. Hansen, President and COO
Canada Safeway Ltd.
1020 64th Ave. NE
Calgary, Alberta T2E 7V8
Phone: (403) 730-3511
Fax: 403-730-3900
or fax by email at:
(copy the entire address below into address section)
remote-printer.Grant_Hansen@14037303900.iddd.tpc.int
For up-to-date information on the strike, visit the striker's web site at www.heraldunion.com.
To read or leave messages of support visit the Herald Talk discussion board at www.heraldunion.com/disc1_frm.htm.
Help build the cyber picket line! Send an email to cep2000@mediaunion.bc.ca and put the word "join" in the subject line.
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