Newspaper Industry

Players in news industry join up to tackle onslaught of online hate

2021-11-04 // 0 Comments

DEBORAH RICHMOND | Web Editor Representatives from every corner of the news industry are coming together to call for action and to develop a strategy to thwart a tsunami of [Read more...]

Sault Star staff ratify deal with wage gains

2021-10-06 // 0 Comments

Workers at The Sault Star have ratified a new collective agreement that gives them wage gains after many years of zero or minuscule increases. The 12 members of CWA Canada [Read more...]

Postmedia printing plant workers ratify first contract

2021-09-27 // 0 Comments

The 71 workers at a Postmedia printing plant in Toronto have ratified a first contract that gives them major gains in wages and sick leave. The online vote on Saturday to [Read more...]

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...]