Feds must take action to stop Postmedia destruction of local news
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to take action to block the latest destructive cuts at Postmedia. The [Read more...]
Newspaper Industry
Windsor Star workers get new contract, fight off Postmedia’s concession demands
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...]
