Aspers should sell rather than shed workers, says union

OTTAWA - CanWest should divest itself of some of its media holdings rather than its employees, said Canada's largest media union today. "CanWest is a company too heavily burdened by debt to meet the challenge of a recession”, said Peter Murdoch, vice-president of media for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada in response to yesterday's announcement that CanWest Global Communications will cut 560 jobs. "The Aspers should consider their employees, consumers, advertisers and shareholders and sell off their properties Notwithstanding the financial crisis, this company's problems are largely of its own making - the result of very bad...