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Canwest News Service is recruiting journalism students from Concordia University to replace workers at the Montreal Gazette in case there is a strike or lockout.CBC News has learned that several students were approached with offers to work for the news service on a fill-in basis, in case Gazette editorial, advertising and sales staff decides to execute their strike mandate ...
"The troubling part for me is that it puts these students in a bind," said [Mike Gasher, director of Concordia's journalism school]. "They're in our program, obviously, to get a job in the industry some day. When a big newspaper comes calling, it's very tempting, but I think what they are doing is recruiting scab labour, and they call it replacement work if they want" ...