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HuffPost Canada union demands fair severance treatment for contract workers

2021-04-08 // 0 Comments

On March 9, BuzzFeed abruptly shuttered operations of HuffPost Canada, resulting in the loss of jobs for over two dozen workers and the closure of one of Canada’s most [Read more...]

Remote work brings privacy issues closer to home

2021-03-23 // 0 Comments

NADINE ROBINSON It’s a normal day for Employee X. They message a source on a work laptop through their personal social media account (because there is no work account) and [Read more...]

HuffPost staffers on brink of unionizing stunned by closure of Canadian operations

2021-03-09 // 2 Comments

The two dozen HuffPost employees who were eagerly anticipating being unionized with CWA Canada were dealt a stunning blow today when the company’s new owner announced it [Read more...]

Striving for a world in which we don’t need International Women’s Day

2021-03-05 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada commissioned the following opinion piece to mark International Women’s Day 2021 on March 8. SHARI GRAYDON I’d like to abolish International Women’s Day. [Read more...]

Alliance of media unions issues urgent call to save journalism, take on tech titans

2021-03-02 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada has joined with other media unions in a global campaign to save journalism from the ravages of greedy corporations and monopolistic bully tactics of tech titans [Read more...]

CWA Canada wins certification vote to represent Second City comedy educators

2021-02-25 // 0 Comments

The more than 100 comedy educators who work for The Second City in Toronto are now officially unionized with CWA Canada. The Ontario Labour Relations Board said results of a [Read more...]

HuffPost Canada staff file to unionize

2021-02-23 // 1 Comment

An overwhelming majority of the 23 workers who provide Canadian content for international media website HuffPost have signed union cards with CWA Canada, which filed today [Read more...]

Second City comedy educators file to unionize in Canada, U.S.

2021-02-16 // 0 Comments

Comedy educators at The Second City in Canada and the United States have filed for union certification. Media union CWA Canada filed today with the Ontario Labour Relations [Read more...]

The Edmonton Journal’s darkest day

2021-01-19 // 0 Comments

Editor’s note: CWA Canada represents workers at nine Postmedia dailies, including The Ottawa Citizen, The Gazette in Montreal and the Kingston Whig-Standard (as well as at [Read more...]

Thousands of Canadians back CBC staff revolt against ‘insidious’ paid ads disguised as news

2020-12-18 // 0 Comments

Almost 17,000 Canadians have joined forces with more than 600 current and former employees and a public broadcasting advocate to pressure CBC/Radio-Canada into abandoning [Read more...]