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Media union applauds feds’ tough talk on protecting Canadian media, cultural industries

September 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, welcomes the federal government’s promise to stand firm on protecting Canada’s cultural industries, [Read more...]

CWA Canada stands with U.S. colleagues against Trump’s attacks on media

August 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

Statement by CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon on Press Freedom: Today, more than 350 American news publications spoke out against U.S. President Donald Trump’s [Read more...]

Feds must take action to stop Postmedia destruction of local news

June 26, 2018 // 3 Comments

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...]

Media union condemns attempted intimidation of VICE journalists

May 24, 2018 // 1 Comment

Masked men in VICE Media's Montreal office

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

May 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

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

May 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

May 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

March 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

March 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

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

February 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

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...]