There is the usual garbage coverage of the Northland bus drivers strike which is now entering its fourth week

Laura MacLean's article in the Huntsville Forrester manages to uncritically regurgitate statements from the company and various businesses but fails to inform readers what the issues are beyond contract negotiations
http://www.huntsvilleforester.com/huntsvilleforester/article/51145

This repeats the pattern set at the start of the dispute when Jack Tynan in the North Star simply reproduced a chunk of company PR as an article including a quote from Beverly Marti to the effect that "We are certainly willing to negotiate. We certainly think we've made a fair and generous offer." It took someone posting a comment to that article to raise the obvious point he should have included "drivers were offered a 3 year deal with 0% pay increase year one, 0% year two, 0% year three, that is what she calls a fair offer?"
http://www.parrysound.com/press/1191422401/

Chelsey Romain in the Timmins Daily press today at least covered a union release in which union vice-president Doug Finnson said the company were issuing lay off notices and planning to escalate the dispute by "threatening to cut wages of shop workers effective tomorrow." He quotes Finnson as say "In addition to a fair wage increase, the drivers are seeking better benefits, as well as an increase in food allowance when on the road. Finnson said while drivers are given about $20 for their entire shift, other employees get as much as $42 for food."
http://www.timminspress.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=748824

Press Release posted on the Teamsters site reveal some information that the media has given little of no coverage to
"Three striking Ontario Northland Transportation Commission employees were struck by a vehicle while on the picket line Sunday at noon.
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"Finnson said the outstanding issues are wages, benefits and some work rules for motor coach operators.

"This is the same group of people who for five years during the '90s didn't receive a wage increase because they were told the employer was in trouble. However, at the same time, managers were giving themselves a 4.5 per cent wage increase and bonus," he said, adding the union is asking for three per cent. "

And also something I've not seen in any report that workers voted "100% in favour of a strike."

http://www.teamstersrail.ca/