Media unions, allies welcome CBC governance reform
Many years of advocating for a CBC board of directors that’s free of partisan political appointments has paid off for CWA Canada’s largest Local, the Canadian Media Guild [Read more...]
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Any funding for newspapers must go to journalism, not executive bonuses
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
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
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...]
Ontario could end labour law limbo for factual TV workers
LISE LAREAU | Canadian Media Guild The signals are good. Early reports indicate that the Ontario government’s Changing Workplaces Review will not be a waste of [Read more...]
Q&A: Edward Greenspon and NRC delegates
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...]
Media workers’ activism key to future of journalism
The future of journalism and the news industry depends on media workers and their unions mobilizing the public to pressure politicians to enact supportive policies and [Read more...]
2017 NRC Notebook
New faces on the national executive Four candidates contended for three At-Large positions on CWA Canada’s Executive Committee in an election that saw five officers [Read more...]
03 MAY: Fight for free press, truth, democracy
After decades of progress, the world is facing a crisis as more and more governments crack down on freedom of speech. We have long seen repressive regimes in China, North [Read more...]
First contract at VICE bestows base pay increases up to 52.5%
The first digital media company to be unionized in Canada now has a collective agreement in place that gives workers major gains in salaries and benefits, stronger equity [Read more...]
