CMG steps up fight for fairness in factual TV
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...]
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CMG Freelance members gain access to National NewsMedia Council support
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...]
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...]
Workers at Pagemasters ratify contract, set stage for new members in Alberta
Workers at Pagemasters North America (PMNA) in Toronto have voted 84 per cent in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement that could become a template for colleagues in [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...]
Board hearing on National Post union vote set for Oct. 11
TORONTO – A majority of newsroom staff at the National Post have voted to join media union CWA Canada, but the final vote result will have to wait until after a hearing is [Read more...]
National Post newsroom staff file to unionize
TORONTO — Newsroom staff at the National Post have officially filed for union certification after a strong majority of workers signed union cards. CWA Canada, the [Read more...]
Union drive at National Post a ‘hell-freezes-over moment’
DEBORAH RICHMOND | Web Editor An organizing drive is under way at the National Post, where editorial staff are seeking protection from Postmedia’s severe austerity measures [Read more...]
National Post newsroom staff announce union drive
TORONTO — It has been a year of unprecedented events, of things we once thought were beyond the realm of possibility. A reality television star is president of the United [Read more...]
Merged Corus-Shaw workers vote to join Media Guild
There’s great news out of Corus Entertainment where a majority of 49 employees in three departments have chosen to join the Canadian Media Guild / CWA Canada. The Canada [Read more...]
