Members at APTN ratify new contract
Workers at the Aboriginal People’s Television Network have voted 98 per cent in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. The three-year deal, which comes into effect [Read more...]
CWA Canada Locals
CMG members vote 80% in favour of ratifying new deal with CBC
CBC workers who are represented by CWA Canada through its largest Local, the Canadian Media Guild (CMG), have voted 80 per cent in favour of ratifying a new collective [Read more...]
BuzzFeed Canada news staff officially members
The six editorial staff at BuzzFeed’s Toronto operation are now officially members of the Canadian Media Guild, CWA Canada’s largest Local. The Canada Industrial [Read more...]
Black Press axing half of Alberta daily’s unionized staff
More than half of the unionized staff at the Red Deer Advocate are losing their jobs as a result of the closure of the Alberta daily’s pressroom and mailroom. Mary-Ann [Read more...]
Spring election sees two candidates vying for presidency of NewsGuild-CWA
An activist with a new Local has emerged as challenger for leadership of The NewsGuild (TNG) that will be decided in a spring election in which all members of CWA Canada are [Read more...]
Remaining staff struggle to cope after layoffs at Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Press
CWA Canada members at two news operations that are laying off yet more staff are struggling to cope with the grim realities of their decimated workplaces. Postmedia has [Read more...]
Members at Sault Star make gains in five-year deal
It took more than two years of persistence, but the unionized staff at the daily newspaper in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., have a new collective agreement with Postmedia [Read more...]
2019: The Fight for Press Freedom
A New Year’s message from CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon
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Crucial ‘catch-up’ round of contract talks under way at CBC
LISE LAREAU | Canadian Media Guild [~] To understand the contract talks that are now under way between the Canadian Media Guild and the CBC, you have to go back 10 years. [Read more...]
Big win on health benefits for CWA Canada members in Kingston, North Bay
An arbitrator has upheld a ‘me too’ provision negotiated by CWA Canada that will see members who work at Postmedia newspapers in Kingston and North Bay get the same [Read more...]
