Newspaper Industry

Windsor Star workers get new contract, fight off Postmedia’s concession demands

May 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

Workers at the Windsor Star, who successfully fought off demands for major concessions, have voted to accept a new contract, setting the stage for deals at other Postmedia [Read more...]

National Post newsroom staff lose bid to unionize by one vote

April 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

National Post newsroom staff in Toronto and Ottawa have narrowly lost their bid to unionize in order to fend off predations by Postmedia, the newspaper’s owner. CWA Canada [Read more...]

How Ottawa should spend its $50 million to support local news

March 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

APRIL LINDGREN | The Conversation [~] There’s $50 million in federal government money on the table in Canada to support local journalism in the country’s under-served [Read more...]

CWA Canada hails Competition Bureau raid of Postmedia-Torstar, says feds should block newspaper swap deals

March 14, 2018 // 1 Comment

CWA Canada welcomes a federal investigation into November’s newspaper swap-and-close deal between Postmedia and Torstar, but worries it comes far too late to fix the damage [Read more...]

Union hails funds for local journalism, commitment on non-profit news organizations

February 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

The financial rescue package for local journalism contained in today’s federal budget was seen as a good first step in easing the crisis in the news industry. The [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...]

Third Local responds to Postmedia demands with strong strike vote

February 6, 2018 // 3 Comments

Postmedia was hit with a mid-winter blast from a third CWA Canada Local to respond to concessionary demands with a near-unanimous strike vote. More than 100 members of the [Read more...]

Victoria Times Colonist cuts 4 staff just weeks after call for voluntary resignations

February 2, 2018 // 0 Comments

CAM WELCH | J-Source [~] Victoria’s Times Colonist has lost four staff members after the Victoria-Vancouver Island Newspaper Guild was given a layoff notice for five [Read more...]

Ruling on National Post union not expected until new year

December 11, 2017 // 2 Comments

National Post newsroom staff in Toronto and Ottawa are on tenterhooks awaiting a labour board decision that will determine whether they will become members of CWA Canada. A [Read more...]

CWA Canada Locals push back on Postmedia demands

December 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

Postmedia’s relentless gutting of its newspapers, which has in some cases turned journalists into janitors at the end of their shifts, is being met with defiance at several [Read more...]