Newspaper Industry

Unions at 5 Postmedia papers unite against draconian contract cuts

August 2, 2017 // 1 Comment

Leaders of CWA Canada and Unifor Locals at five newspapers that are bargaining new contracts with Postmedia have vowed to stand united against the company’s concession [Read more...]

Any funding for newspapers must go to journalism, not executive bonuses

June 16, 2017 // 1 Comment

OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to ensure that any subsidies for newspapers go to creating journalism [Read more...]

Report on ailing media industry proposes new funding model

June 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

A parliamentary report released today offers 20 recommendations to help the ailing media industry get through a period of major upheaval. A key proposal is the creation of a [Read more...]

Ottawa Citizen, Sun staff vote yes to possible strike action

June 7, 2017 // 2 Comments

The Ottawa Newspaper Guild will head into conciliation talks with Postmedia on June 20 armed with a strong strike mandate. Members of the ONG, who work at The Ottawa Citizen [Read more...]

Q&A: Edward Greenspon and NRC delegates

May 10, 2017 // 1 Comment

Edward Greenspon, CEO of the Public Policy Forum and author of its report The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age, delivered the keynote address [Read more...]

Scythe-wielding Postmedia ends talks at Ottawa Citizen, seeks conciliation

April 21, 2017 // 2 Comments

Postmedia abruptly ended three days of bargaining Thursday with the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, saying it would seek conciliation because talks were going nowhere. ONG President [Read more...]

Postmedia losing a third executive who received hefty retention bonus

April 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

SUSAN KRASHINSKY ROBERTSON | The Globe and Mail A third senior executive at Postmedia Network Canada Corp., who is part of a group awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars [Read more...]

Inside the Ugly Unravelling at the Vancouver Sun and Province

April 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

DAVID BEERS | The Tyee It’s been a brutal three weeks of dread, tears, and colleagues suddenly forced to see each other as threats to their own jobs. That’s the picture [Read more...]

Struck Herald’s shared delivery deal rankles pro-union islanders

March 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

A shared delivery deal between the owners of the Cape Breton Post and The Chronicle Herald has put members of two CWA Canada Locals in an uncomfortable position and riled [Read more...]

Postmedia warned against bringing non-union cuts to bargaining table

March 9, 2017 // 1 Comment

Postmedia has signalled that significant cuts to benefits it is imposing on non-union staff are likely to show up at the bargaining table. The debt-burdened company issued a [Read more...]