Remote work brings privacy issues closer to home
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...]
Newspaper Industry
Striving for a world in which we don’t need International Women’s Day
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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...]
