Canada

Postmedia’s $1-million bid to acquire Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain will not be held up by the main union that represents workers at SaltWire Network Inc. and The Halifax Herald Ltd., the Canadian Press reported. A lawyer representing the court-appointed monitor overseeing insolvency proceedings for SaltWire and the The Halifax Herald confirmed that the Canadian arm of the Communications Workers of America has agreed to certain conditions demanded last week by Toronto-based Postmedia.
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Canada’s labor-relations board again opened the door to a possible work stoppage at the country’s two big rail operators after determining a strike or lockout doesn’t pose an immediate or serious danger to safety or public health, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Canada Industrial Relations Board, in a decision Friday, ordered a 13-day cooling-off period between the freight railroads—Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway—and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference.
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