Ubisoft Workers Rally Roar: Reopen Halifax Studio!
HALIFAX – The bitter cold didn’t deter an enthusiastic crowd of Ubisoft workers and their supporters as they rallied today to pressure the video game company to reopen [Read more...]
News Releases
Remembering Victoria Guild activist Roger Stonebanks
Roger Stonebanks, a long-standing and deeply respected activist with the Victoria-Vancouver Island Newspaper Guild (CWA Canada Local 30223), has died. Roger, who passed on [Read more...]
P.E.I. newspaper workers ratify first collective agreement
Newsroom and finance staff at two P.E.I. newspapers have unanimously ratified their first collective agreement with Postmedia. CWA Canada members at The Guardian [Read more...]
CWA Canada stands with photojournalist Amber Bracken
OTTAWA (Jan. 16, 2026) – Media Union CWA Canada proudly reiterates its support for photojournalist Amber Bracken as the first week of court hearings into her [Read more...]
Ubisoft shutting down Halifax studio despite nearly $1 billion in tax subsidies
HALIFAX (Jan. 14, 2026) – CWA Canada, the union representing laid-off Ubisoft workers, is demanding tougher accountability rules after learning that the company received [Read more...]
Union files Labour Board complaint over Ubisoft Halifax Shutdown
HALIFAX (Jan. 13, 2026) – CWA Canada has filed a legal complaint accusing video game giant Ubisoft of shutting down its Halifax studio to keep out the union. [Read more...]
Ubisoft agrees to reconsider compensation for laid-off Halifax workers, amid union & public pressure
HALIFAX (Jan. 12, 2026) – After days of union pressure and public scrutiny over the sudden and damaging decision to close its Halifax operation, video gaming giant Ubisoft [Read more...]
CWA Canada vows to fight Ubisoft Halifax closure, defend workers
HALIFAX (Jan. 7, 2026) – CWA Canada will “pursue every legal recourse” to protect our members at Ubisoft Halifax after the company announced today that it is [Read more...]
Ubisoft Halifax Workers Win Certification Vote, Officially Join CWA Canada!
HALIFAX (Dec. 18, 2025) – Six months to the day after filing for union certification, video game workers at Ubisoft Halifax have been certified to join CWA Canada. The Nova [Read more...]
CWA Canada Urges Competition Bureau to Scrutinize $55-billion Electronic Arts Buyout
OTTAWA (Dec. 12) – Following Electronic Arts’ (EA) October announcement of a proposed $55-billion buyout, CWA Canada President Carmel Smyth and CWA President Claude [Read more...]
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