Winnipeg Free Press Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Strike == In 2008, at noon on [[Thanksgiving (Canada)|Thanksgiving Day]] (Monday, October 13), about 1,000 members of the [[Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada|Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union]], representing editorial, advertising, circulation, and press staff, as well as [[paperboy|newspaper carriers]], launched a [[strike action]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Winnipeg Free Press strike continues|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-free-press-strike-continues-1.704057|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=December 28, 2019|date=October 14, 2008}}</ref> The strike ended 16 days later, when the union ratified the final offer on Tuesday, October 28.<ref>{{cite web|title=Free Press strike ends|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/33509554.html|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|access-date=December 28, 2019|date=October 29, 2008}}</ref> The contract was ratified by 67% of newspaper carriers, 75% of the pressmen, and 91% of the inside workers, including journalists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winnipeg Free Press strike ends|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-free-press-strike-ends-1.727499|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=December 28, 2019|date=October 28, 2008}}</ref> The recent five-year contract was negotiated, ratified, and signed in 2013, with no threat of a strike. Workers and managers negotiated directly with great success, without the need of a lawyer that previous contracts had required.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/free-press-workers-ratify-new-contract-202967461.html|work=Winnipeg Free Press|access-date=December 28, 2019|date=April 15, 2013|title=Free Press workers ratify new contract}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page