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Defenders of press freedom, including CWA Canada, call on PM Trudeau to do better

2018-05-03 // 0 Comments

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P.   Prime Minister of Canada  Langevin Block  Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, World Press Freedom [Read more...]

Statement by CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon on World Press Freedom Day

2018-05-03 // 0 Comments

Today, we honour our colleagues around the globe who are fighting for a free press, truth, and democracy, and we commit to redouble our efforts to defend freedom of [Read more...]

National Post newsroom staff lose bid to unionize by one vote

2018-04-24 // 0 Comments

National Post newsroom staff in Toronto and Ottawa have narrowly lost their bid to unionize in order to fend off predations by Postmedia, the newspaper’s owner. CWA Canada [Read more...]

Labour Reporting Award finalists reveal wide range of workplace woes

2018-04-13 // 0 Comments

UPDATE: May 5, 2018 — The CWA Canada / CAJ Labour Reporting Award went to Toronto Star team for Undercover in Temp Nation From trauma on the front lines of the [Read more...]

J-Source/CWA Canada reporting fellowship open for applications

2018-04-05 // 0 Comments

Applications are now being taken for a J-Source/CWA Canada reporting fellowship that will examine gender diversity in journalism circles. “J-Source wants to undertake an [Read more...]

Media union welcomes choice of Tait, industry veteran, 1st woman to lead CBC

2018-04-03 // 0 Comments

The announcement today that television and film industry veteran Catherine Tait will lead the CBC was welcomed by the public broadcaster’s main union. The Canadian Media [Read more...]

How Ottawa should spend its $50 million to support local news

2018-03-28 // 1 Comment

APRIL LINDGREN | The Conversation [~] There’s $50 million in federal government money on the table in Canada to support local journalism in the country’s under-served [Read more...]

Workers at Pagemasters ratify contract, set stage for new members in Alberta

2018-03-27 // 0 Comments

Workers at Pagemasters North America (PMNA) in Toronto have voted 84 per cent in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement that could become a template for colleagues in [Read more...]

Two Quebec cases bring CWA Canada to the press-freedom ramparts

2018-03-23 // 0 Comments

Two Quebec cases involving journalists and the justice system have sparked protests from CWA Canada and other organizations that stand for press freedoms. CWA Canada [Read more...]

CWA Canada hails Competition Bureau raid of Postmedia-Torstar, says feds should block newspaper swap deals

2018-03-14 // 1 Comment

CWA Canada welcomes a federal investigation into November’s newspaper swap-and-close deal between Postmedia and Torstar, but worries it comes far too late to fix the damage [Read more...]