La Presse threatens to stop publishing Dec. 1 unless it gets major concessions

Montreal's largest broadsheet newspaper, La Presse, has told its staff they have until December 1 to allow for major cost cutting or the paper will close. Among the concessions the company is demanding is the end of a four-day work week and the cutting of up to 100 jobs.La Presse is the flagship newspaper of Gesca Ltee, a wholly owned division of Power Corp. The last collective agreement at the