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CWA Canada members at BuzzFeed ratify first collective agreement

2021-10-15 // 0 Comments

Staff at BuzzFeed Canada have voted 87.5-per-cent in favour of ratifying their first collective agreement, which was more than two years in the making. The three-year deal [Read more...]

Sault Star staff ratify deal with wage gains

2021-10-06 // 0 Comments

Workers at The Sault Star have ratified a new collective agreement that gives them wage gains after many years of zero or minuscule increases. The 12 members of CWA Canada [Read more...]

Statement by CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon on harassment of journalists

2021-10-05 // 1 Comment

Journalism is a pillar of democracy. If journalists feel threatened doing their jobs, important stories may go untold, and democracy is undermined. In recent days, many [Read more...]

Beyond Stonewall: How to diversify your LGBTQ History Month coverage

2021-10-01 // 0 Comments

ANNA-LIZA BADALOOFor CWA Canada Happy LGBTQ History Month! As a queer writer, I watch in dismay every October as the Stonewall riots are trotted out once again, and put on [Read more...]

Truth and Reconciliation Day won’t be easy for Canadians

2021-09-29 // 0 Comments

Melissa Ridgen covering World Indigenous Games

MELISSA RIDGENFor CWA Canada This first Truth and Reconciliation Day is bound to be difficult for everyone. As our country stops for a day (on Sept. 30) to hang its head for [Read more...]

Lawsuit deal could see $1M-plus for Cineflix workers, first union contract in factual TV industry

2021-09-28 // 0 Comments

Factual TV workers Otto Chung and Denise O'Connell

Two of Canada’s top media and entertainment unions are welcoming a proposed settlement of a class action that would see factual TV company Cineflix pay workers at least $1 [Read more...]

Postmedia printing plant workers ratify first contract

2021-09-27 // 0 Comments

The 71 workers at a Postmedia printing plant in Toronto have ratified a first contract that gives them major gains in wages and sick leave. The online vote on Saturday to [Read more...]

Canadian Media Guild, The Canadian Press reach tentative deal to avoid strike

2021-09-24 // 0 Comments

TORONTO — The union at The Canadian Press has reached a tentative deal with the employer. This comes after members of the Canadian Media Guild in Québec and Ontario voted [Read more...]

4 of 5 federal parties commit to support news media, increase CBC funding

2021-09-10 // 0 Comments

Four of the five parties in the federal election support a strong and stable media, with increased funding for the public broadcaster. A vague response by one national party, [Read more...]

Labour Day message from CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon

2021-09-03 // 0 Comments

Dear fellow CWA Canada members, For the second year in a row, we are not able to march this Labour Day, but our voices will be as loud as ever. As we emerge from the [Read more...]