Dispute at Quebec newspaper grows more bitter

A dispute between locked-out and striking employees of the Canadian daily paper Journal de Quebec and its owners, Quebecor, is growing more bitter by the day. Managers have continued to publish the paper, but employees are distributing 40,000 free copies a day of their own full-colour MediaMatinQuebec title. A meeting between the union and management broke down yesterday. One major Journal advertiser has withdrawn ads. The conflict, which began on April 22, is over job cuts, changes to working conditions and concerns about the paper losing its Quebec City identity. (Via Montreal Gazette)