Newspaper Industry

4 of 5 federal parties commit to support news media, increase CBC funding

2021-09-10 // 0 Comments

Four of the five parties in the federal election support a strong and stable media, with increased funding for the public broadcaster. A vague response by one national party, [Read more...]

Remote work brings privacy issues closer to home

2021-03-23 // 0 Comments

NADINE ROBINSON It’s a normal day for Employee X. They message a source on a work laptop through their personal social media account (because there is no work account) and [Read more...]

Striving for a world in which we don’t need International Women’s Day

2021-03-05 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada commissioned the following opinion piece to mark International Women’s Day 2021 on March 8. SHARI GRAYDON I’d like to abolish International Women’s Day. [Read more...]

Alliance of media unions issues urgent call to save journalism, take on tech titans

2021-03-02 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada has joined with other media unions in a global campaign to save journalism from the ravages of greedy corporations and monopolistic bully tactics of tech titans [Read more...]

The Edmonton Journal’s darkest day

2021-01-19 // 0 Comments

Editor’s note: CWA Canada represents workers at nine Postmedia dailies, including The Ottawa Citizen, The Gazette in Montreal and the Kingston Whig-Standard (as well as at [Read more...]

Webinar assists in jump from journalism

2020-11-20 // 0 Comments

It’s no secret that the number of places to practise journalism has been on the decline for years. Whether it’s newsroom numbers withering due to media owners’ [Read more...]

Locals’ campaigns emphasize importance of journalists, local news

2020-07-11 // 0 Comments

Two CWA Canada Locals had a message they needed to get out to their communities struggling with a public health crisis so they turned to advertising to do just that. [Read more...]

Heritage minister tells media union leaders he’s committed to helping news industry

2020-06-23 // 0 Comments

Two media union leaders received assurances today from Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault that he will do what he can to help the news industry weather a financial crisis [Read more...]

CWA Canada: Blaming unions for Postmedia job cuts ‘dishonest’

2020-05-27 // 0 Comments

Postmedia CEO Andrew MacLeod was “being misleading at best” when he blamed unions for the latest round of staff cuts, CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon says. In a [Read more...]

CWA Canada, IFJ urge Trudeau to make tech giants share ad revenue

2020-05-27 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada and the world’s largest journalist organization are appealing directly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google share [Read more...]