Organizing

Excitement builds with advances in campaign for factual TV workers

September 6, 2019 // 1 Comment

A new website is giving a public face to the hundreds of professionals who are determined to secure better pay, benefits and working conditions in the unscripted TV industry. [Read more...]

Game workers come together over poor labour conditions

July 24, 2019 // 1 Comment

Game industry workers discuss labour issues

CHRISTOPHER DEMELO Labour issues are quickly becoming the norm in the gaming industry. Layoffs, walk-outs, crunch, poor labour conditions and abuses of power are just a few [Read more...]

BuzzFeed Canada news staff officially members

March 28, 2019 // 1 Comment

The six editorial staff at BuzzFeed’s Toronto operation are now officially members of the Canadian Media Guild, CWA Canada’s largest Local. The Canada Industrial [Read more...]

CWA Canada part of global effort by municipalities to tackle precarity

March 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada had two representatives at the Decent Work City conference in Seoul, where they shared what the media union is doing to address precarious work and to give freelancers some bargaining clout. [Read more...]

BuzzFeed Canada staff file to unionize

February 12, 2019 // 3 Comments

TORONTO – Canadian staff at digital media company BuzzFeed have officially filed for union certification. The Canadian Media Guild (CMG), media union CWA Canada’s biggest [Read more...]

IATSE joins forces with CWA Canada in fight for better working conditions for factual / reality TV workers

January 29, 2019 // 1 Comment

TORONTO — Two of Canada’s top media and entertainment unions announced an innovative partnership today to improve working conditions and organize workers in factual / [Read more...]

In a chilly year for the news business, union organizing is smoking hot

December 18, 2018 // 0 Comments

RICK EDMONDS | Poynter [~] Put 2018 in the rear view mirror ASAP for those trying to make money by doing journalism. Newspaper revenues are still sinking fast. Magazines are [Read more...]

Class-action lawsuit big step toward fairness for factual/reality TV workers

October 9, 2018 // 2 Comments

Claim says hundreds hired improperly, denied pay, benefits TORONTO — The Canadian Media Guild / CWA Canada is welcoming a $35-million class action filed by law firm [Read more...]

CMG steps up fight for fairness in factual TV

August 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Fairness in Factual TV campaign volunteers

LISE LAREAU | Canadian Media Guild After five years of working with people in Toronto’s robust factual/reality TV industry, the Canadian Media Guild is taking the campaign [Read more...]

CMG Freelance members gain access to National NewsMedia Council support

July 4, 2018 // 2 Comments

As part of a new agreement between the two organizations, CMG Freelance members are now able to access the National NewsMedia Council’s pre-publication support and ethics [Read more...]