CWA Canada Locals

Canadaland Union’s 1st contract contains editorial safeguards, wage gains

2022-01-21 // 0 Comments

Staff at Canadaland have voted unanimously to ratify a first collective agreement that contains financial gains and protections for editorial integrity and independence. The [Read more...]

Players in news industry join up to tackle onslaught of online hate

2021-11-04 // 0 Comments

DEBORAH RICHMOND | Web Editor Representatives from every corner of the news industry are coming together to call for action and to develop a strategy to thwart a tsunami of [Read more...]

‘Taking Care’ survey urgently seeks input from media workers on trauma, mental health

2021-11-01 // 2 Comments

DAVE SEGLINSFor CWA Canada Racing to the frontlines to report the news of the world’s great triumphs, tragedies and scandals is what makes journalism so thrilling — from [Read more...]

CWA Canada members at BuzzFeed ratify first collective agreement

2021-10-15 // 0 Comments

Staff at BuzzFeed Canada have voted 87.5-per-cent in favour of ratifying their first collective agreement, which was more than two years in the making. The three-year deal [Read more...]

Sault Star staff ratify deal with wage gains

2021-10-06 // 0 Comments

Workers at The Sault Star have ratified a new collective agreement that gives them wage gains after many years of zero or minuscule increases. The 12 members of CWA Canada [Read more...]

Postmedia printing plant workers ratify first contract

2021-09-27 // 0 Comments

The 71 workers at a Postmedia printing plant in Toronto have ratified a first contract that gives them major gains in wages and sick leave. The online vote on Saturday to [Read more...]

Labour Day message from CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon

2021-09-03 // 0 Comments

Dear fellow CWA Canada members, For the second year in a row, we are not able to march this Labour Day, but our voices will be as loud as ever. As we emerge from the [Read more...]

Winners of Belcarz-Zeidler scholarships announced

2021-04-30 // 0 Comments

This year’s winners of the $1,000 John Belcarz & Dan Zeidler Memorial Scholarships, along with one Honourable Mention, have been announced. Like last year, all three [Read more...]

Second City comedy educators in U.S. score huge win in pro-union vote

2021-04-17 // 0 Comments

Hundreds of Second City instructors in two American cities have joined their Canadian colleagues in scoring stunning victories in a cross-border organizing effort amid a [Read more...]

Remote work brings privacy issues closer to home

2021-03-23 // 0 Comments

NADINE ROBINSON It’s a normal day for Employee X. They message a source on a work laptop through their personal social media account (because there is no work account) and [Read more...]