2017

Union fights firing of CBC political reporter over book deal

2017-12-14 // 1 Comment

CWA Canada and its largest Local are going to bat for member Richard Zussman, who was fired by the CBC for allegedly breaching rules governing activities outside of work. The [Read more...]

Ruling on National Post union not expected until new year

2017-12-11 // 2 Comments

National Post newsroom staff in Toronto and Ottawa are on tenterhooks awaiting a labour board decision that will determine whether they will become members of CWA Canada. A [Read more...]

CWA Canada Locals push back on Postmedia demands

2017-12-11 // 0 Comments

Postmedia’s relentless gutting of its newspapers, which has in some cases turned journalists into janitors at the end of their shifts, is being met with defiance at several [Read more...]

Closure of 36 newspapers ‘dark day for local journalism’

2017-11-27 // 1 Comment

A deal between Postmedia and TorStar to swap a total of 41 daily and weekly newspapers then shut most of them down is a “dark day for local journalism,” says CWA Canada [Read more...]

Postmedia-TorStar deal is ‘deathblow’ to local news coverage, competition

2017-11-27 // 1 Comment

OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to take urgent action to save local news coverage in the wake of the [Read more...]

Union accuses Corus of punishing newly unionized workers

2017-11-17 // 0 Comments

BEATRICE BRITNEFF | iPolitics [~] The union representing a new group of unionized employees at Corus Entertainment has filed a complaint with the federal labour board, [Read more...]

Corus workers take case for fair deal to public

2017-11-15 // 1 Comment

CWA Canada members trying to bargain a new collective agreement with Corus Entertainment are taking their case for a fair deal to the public with a letter-writing campaign. [Read more...]

CWA Canada members can win tickets to CJFE awards gala

2017-11-07 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada is holding a lottery to provide tickets for up to six members to attend the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression gala in Toronto on Nov. 30. Three women will [Read more...]

Critics say new Globe and Mail freelance contract isn’t fair to writers

2017-11-03 // 0 Comments

MITCHELL THOMPSON | J-Source [~] The Globe and Mail has received criticism for a revamped freelance contract that one critic says doesn’t treat authors fairly. Content [Read more...]

Understanding Canada’s new shield law for confidential sources

2017-10-25 // 2 Comments

LISA TAYLOR, BRIAN MACLEOD ROGERS, RYDER GILLILAND | J-Source [~] Canada has a new law that offers significantly enhanced protections to reporters’ confidential sources and [Read more...]