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CWA Canada asks OPP to retract threat, apologize to CBC reporter

August 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

Aug. 4, 2020 Commissioner Thomas Carrique Ontario Provincial Police Dear Commissioner Carrique, I am writing on behalf of CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, to [Read more...]

Board approves union certification for Canadaland staff

July 29, 2020 // 0 Comments

TORONTO – Staff at independent podcast network and news organization Canadaland are now officially unionized after the Canada Industrial Relations Board approved an [Read more...]

Locals’ campaigns emphasize importance of journalists, local news

July 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

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...]

Postmedia printing plant’s 80 workers officially unionized

July 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

TORONTO – The 80 workers at Postmedia’s printing plant in Toronto are now officially unionized after a large majority — 48 to 18 — voted to join the Canadian Media [Read more...]

Canadaland staff file to unionize

June 25, 2020 // 4 Comments

TORONTO – Staff at Canadaland, an independent podcast network and news organization, have officially filed for union certification. Media union CWA Canada filed today with [Read more...]

Heritage minister tells media union leaders he’s committed to helping news industry

June 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

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...]

Postmedia printing plant staff file to unionize

June 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

TORONTO – Workers at the Postmedia printing plant in Toronto have officially filed for union certification. The Canadian Media Guild (CWA Canada Local 30213) filed today [Read more...]

VICE Union softens blow of Toronto layoffs

June 19, 2020 // 0 Comments

When Gabe Knox says his final goodbyes today as an employee of VICE Canada, he will have the satisfaction of knowing he helped soften the blow of layoff for himself and 18 [Read more...]

Canadian Press using Facebook funds to hire 8 reporters

June 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

Facebook will spend $1 million to fund the hiring by The Canadian Press of eight reporters, who will automatically become CWA Canada members. The one-year fellowship program [Read more...]

Media union’s members honoured by CAJ for outstanding journalism

June 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

More than a dozen CWA Canada members are among this year’s winners of Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) awards for outstanding journalism. Eli Glasner, an [Read more...]