The question was straightforward. Would the replacement workers who’d taken their jobs for the previous 19 months continue to work in the newsroom, the Chronicle Herald reporter wanted to know? There was a long silence. “Yes,” Mark Lever responded finally. Later, another reporter pressed the newspaper’s CEO. “All of them?” “All of them.” It was only...
The gods will blot out the sun today: Morning File, Monday, August 21, 2017
News 1. Mark Lever and sins against journalism Unionized Chronicle Herald newsroom employees went back to work last Tuesday and spent the rest of the week in “orientation” — learning new software and newsroom procedures that were implemented since the workers went on strike 19 months ago. The union members start doing the actual work […]