Feds must take action to stop Postmedia destruction of local news
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to take action to block the latest destructive cuts at Postmedia. The [Read more...]
News Releases
Media union condemns attempted intimidation of VICE journalists
OTTAWA / TORONTO / MONTREAL – The union that represents staff at VICE Canada is outraged at an attempt by right-wing radicals to intimidate journalists at the news [Read more...]
CWA Canada welcomes La Presse ‘social trust’ model as alternative to corporate ownership
OTTAWA — CWA Canada welcomes today’s announcement that La Presse will become a not-for-profit news organization. “The move to a not-for-profit ‘social trust’ is [Read more...]
Defenders of press freedom, including CWA Canada, call on PM Trudeau to do better
The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada
Langevin Block
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, World Press Freedom [Read more...]
Statement by CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon on World Press Freedom Day
Today, we honour our colleagues around the globe who are fighting for a free press, truth, and democracy, and we commit to redouble our efforts to defend freedom of [Read more...]
CWA Canada expresses ‘grave concern’ over crackdown on media in Turkey
CWA Canada has appealed to the Turkish envoy in Ottawa to “take a stand against authoritarianism” after a court in Istanbul on Thursday sentenced 25 journalists to jail [Read more...]
CWA Canada media union statement on International Women’s Day 2018
On this day, we commemorate more than 100 years of struggle for women’s rights and pledge to keep up the fight for equality, starting with two new initiatives. It’s hard [Read more...]
Federal budget measures are ‘good start’ to help news industry: CWA Canada
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, applauds the federal government’s announcement today that it will spend $50 million over five years to support [Read more...]
Postmedia-TorStar deal is ‘deathblow’ to local news coverage, competition
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...]
CWA Canada members can win tickets to CJFE awards gala
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...]
