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Toronto Sun Cuts 30 Jobs
The Toronto Sun is cutting 30 positions as part of a larger round of layoffs at parent company Quebecor Inc. An article in the Star details the job cuts.
Toronto Sun parent company Quebecor Inc. today told employees that 30 positions at the paper will be cut as part of a round of layoffs that will affect 120 employees across the media company’s newspaper chain.
Brad Honywill, president of the 3500-member Local 87M of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, said that 14 union positions will be cut at the Sun where 150 members of Local 87M work. Of the remaining 16 job losses at the paper, it's unclear how many will be managers or freelance writers.
Honywill said that eight full-time and five part-time positions will be culled, and one full-time reporting position currently vacant won't be filled, according to the company.
The newspaper will begin informing affected employees today, although Honywill said that the union may fight the company on some of those.
The Toronto Star, like many newspapers, has seen several rounds of layoffs over the past few years. Maryanna Lewyckyj, associate money editor at the Toronto Sun, said, "I can't remember if this is the fifth or the sixth (round of layoffs)."
