Winners of memorial scholarships announced
Essays submitted by Rhiannon Hoffman and Natalie Capretta have been selected as the 2020 winners of the $1,000 John Belcarz & Dan Zeidler Memorial Scholarships. An [Read more...]
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World Press Freedom Day message from CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon
We mark World Press Freedom Day this year in the most unusual of circumstances: a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, crippled economies, and challenged [Read more...]
Media union Locals reject Postmedia pay cuts
Leaders of CWA Canada Locals at nine Postmedia dailies have rejected a company proposal for a temporary wage cut, saying they have “sacrificed enough.” They held [Read more...]
Postmedia pay cut would be ‘tough sell’ for unions
Leaders of CWA Canada Locals at newspapers in three provinces will hold a conference call tonight to decide their response to Postmedia’s moves to cut labour costs during [Read more...]
Union urges feds to do more to save media outlets
CWA Canada is working with other unions, publishers, and journalism advocates to step up pressure on the federal government to do more to save critically endangered media [Read more...]
Union hails expanded access to COVID-19 emergency benefit for media workers
CWA Canada is hailing today’s announcement that the emergency benefit program will now be extended to many precarious workers in the media industry. Martin O’Hanlon, [Read more...]
NewsGuild appeals for public funds to avert ‘extinction’ of U.S. newspapers
The NewsGuild has issued an unprecedented appeal for public funds to head off an “extinction-level event” for newspapers in the United States as the COVID-19 crisis [Read more...]
Ottawa extends financial lifeline to newspapers, journalism
Many of the country’s newspapers were pulled back from the brink with today’s announcement that federal wage subsidies will be extended to all businesses regardless of [Read more...]
Private Canadian media outlets facing extinction, journalism advocate warns
Daniel Bernhard is Executive Director of FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting, a citizen’s movement that is not affiliated with any broadcaster or political party. FRIENDS defends Canadian culture and democracy, and advocates for fearless journalism and a strong CBC, whose thousands of workers are represented by the Canadian Media Guild (CWA Canada Local 30213). [Read more...]
News industry needs federal help right now: CWA Canada
CWA Canada has issued an urgent appeal to the federal government to provide immediate financial aid to the news industry, which is being devastated by the COVID-19 crisis. [Read more...]
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