Newspaper Industry

Contracts, outcry reduce forced layoffs at some Postmedia papers

2023-03-03 // 0 Comments

DEBORAH RICHMOND | CWA Canada Web Editor UPDATED 2023-03-21 CWA Canada members who work at nine Postmedia newspapers are still reeling from the latest cost-cutting measures [Read more...]

Open letter to PM Justin Trudeau concerning the online hate and harassment of journalists

2022-09-01 // 1 Comment

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.Prime Minister of Canada80 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON, K1A 0A2 Delivered by email Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, We are [Read more...]

Shooting the Messenger: a global survey on credibility attacks against reporters

2022-07-30 // 0 Comments

A global survey is under way as part of an investigation into the harassment and credibility attacks journalists face, the likely sources of those attacks, and their impacts. [Read more...]

CWA Canada: Online News Act ‘lacks safeguards’

2022-06-16 // 0 Comments

The Online News Act, which would compel tech titans to share advertising revenues with Canadian media outlets, has been welcomed by CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon, [Read more...]

CWA Canada seeks clarity on Postmedia plans for NB papers

2022-02-19 // 0 Comments

President Martin O’Hanlon said CWA Canada has requested a meeting with Postmedia in the wake of its announced purchase of Irving-owned newspapers, which include three [Read more...]

Online hate is damaging journalists, democracy: report

2022-02-11 // 1 Comment

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) have released Poisoned Well, the troubling findings of an industry roundtable on [Read more...]

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

2021-11-04 // 1 Comment

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 // 1 Comment

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...]