Edward (Ed) Finn Jr. CM (June 4, 1926 – December 27, 2020)[1][2] was a Canadian trade unionist and journalist, editor, author and former Newfoundland politician.
Finn later wrote of the period "It was such a heated and emotionally charged labour dispute that journalistic objectivity was simply not tolerated... you were either with the paper companies and the government, or you were with a gang of mainland union thugs, which was how the International Woodworkers' of America (IWA) leaders were unfairly depicted.
[citation needed] Finn, as editor of the Western Star, war ordered by the newspaper's publishers to report only the company's and government's side of the dispute.
[citation needed] After being fired by his publisher, Finn was hired by the Canadian Labour Congress and persuaded to lead the Newfoundland Democratic Party[2] into the 1959 provincial election.
[citation needed] In 1963, Finn resigned as NDP leader and moved to Ottawa to accept a position with the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers.
The CCPA published several collections of Finn's essays in three books, The Right is Wrong and the Left Is Right - Cutting through the Neoliberal Bafflegab, Under Corporate Rule and Who Do We Try to Rescue Today?.