Newspaper Industry

Locals’ campaigns emphasize importance of journalists, local news

July 11, 2020 // 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

June 23, 2020 // 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’

May 27, 2020 // 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

May 27, 2020 // 2 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...]

Media union Locals reject Postmedia pay cuts

April 29, 2020 // 2 Comments

Leaders of CWA Canada Locals at nine Postmedia dailies have rejected a company proposal for a temporary wage cut, saying they have “sacrificed enough.” They held [Read more...]

Postmedia pay cut would be ‘tough sell’ for unions

April 28, 2020 // 3 Comments

Leaders of CWA Canada Locals at newspapers in three provinces will hold a conference call tonight to decide their response to Postmedia’s moves to cut labour costs during [Read more...]

Union urges feds to do more to save media outlets

April 20, 2020 // 3 Comments

CWA Canada is working with other unions, publishers, and journalism advocates to step up pressure on the federal government to do more to save critically endangered media [Read more...]

NewsGuild appeals for public funds to avert ‘extinction’ of U.S. newspapers

April 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

The NewsGuild has issued an unprecedented appeal for public funds to head off an “extinction-level event” for newspapers in the United States as the COVID-19 crisis [Read more...]

Ottawa extends financial lifeline to newspapers, journalism

March 30, 2020 // 3 Comments

Many of the country’s newspapers were pulled back from the brink with today’s announcement that federal wage subsidies will be extended to all businesses regardless of [Read more...]

Private Canadian media outlets facing extinction, journalism advocate warns

March 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Daniel Bernhard is Executive Director of FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting, a citizen’s movement that is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party. FRIENDS defends Canadian culture and democracy, and advocates for fearless journalism and a strong CBC, whose thousands of workers are represented by the Canadian Media Guild (CWA Canada Local 30213). [Read more...]