News Releases

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...]

Postmedia-TorStar deal is ‘deathblow’ to local news coverage, competition

November 27, 2017 // 1 Comment

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

November 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

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...]

Board hearing on National Post union vote set for Oct. 11

October 2, 2017 // 2 Comments

TORONTO – A majority of newsroom staff at the National Post have voted to join media union CWA Canada, but the final vote result will have to wait until after a hearing is [Read more...]

CMG encouraged by Trudeau government’s vision for CBC

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) is encouraged by Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s recognition of the foundational and central role of CBC/Radio-Canada in the country’s [Read more...]