On the Line
in
Sault Ste Marie


Photos by
Michael Purvis


Bill Buzenko (retail ad sales), Peter Ruicci (sports reporter) and Jeff Ougler (district editor) joined their Sault Star colleagues for a lunchtime information picket Feb. 15 against Osprey Media's outsourcing of local newspaper jobs.


Frank Dobrovnik, left, shows his campaign T-shirt to Tony Martin, recently re-elected NDP Member of Parliament for Sault Ste Marie. Local President Linda Richardson, right, was thrilled the politician came out to support Guild members.


Linda Richardson, president of the Sault Ste. Marie Typographical Union, conducts an interview with a CTV reporter. The protest at the Sault Star was very well covered by local media, including SooToday.com and LTVNEWS.com.

More than 20 members of the Sault Ste Marie Typographical Union donned winter gear and spent their lunch hour picketing outside the newspaper building. At right, Jeff Ougler, Peter Ruicci and Dan Bellerose (reporter) walking the line on Feb. 15. A lot of people have signed cards pledging their support for the Guild's Keep Our Newspapers Local campaign.