Bell Media Cuts 60 More Jobs, Union Warns of ‘Crisis’ in Newsrooms

Bell Media has laid off 20 workers represented by Unifor, including journalists and support staff at newsrooms across Canada.

The union says 11 of the affected workers are journalists. That includes five recently unionized members at CTV National News in Toronto, along with journalists based in North Bay, Ontario, Halifax, Edmonton and Calgary. Other layoffs hit traffic coordinators, schedulers and promotional staff in Toronto.

Unifor National President Lana Payne said the cuts are another blow to Canadian newsrooms.

“This is a critical moment to support Canadian jobs and Canadian journalists—especially when democracy itself is under attack,” Payne said.

She added that fewer newsroom jobs mean fewer Canadian stories are covered and fewer facts are checked.

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