CWA Canada • The Media Union

Postmedia warned against bringing non-union cuts to bargaining table

2017-03-09 // 1 Comment

Postmedia has signalled that significant cuts to benefits it is imposing on non-union staff are likely to show up at the bargaining table. The debt-burdened company issued a [Read more...]

Alberta publisher leaves freelance content creators shivering through winter — hire now; pay much, much later

2017-02-23 // 0 Comments

NEWS RELEASE Venture Publishing Inc. of Edmonton and its CEO Ruth Kelly have developed a disturbing business model when it comes to paying the freelance contributors hired to [Read more...]

Union asks for inquiry into 13-month Halifax strike

2017-02-22 // 0 Comments

NEWS RELEASE HALIFAX – It’s time for the provincial government to step in and do something about the 13-month strike by 55 newsroom employees at The Chronicle Herald, [Read more...]

Talks between Herald, striking staff break down

2017-02-09 // 0 Comments

NEWS RELEASE HALIFAX — Talks between 55 on-strike Chronicle Herald newsroom workers and the company broke down on Thursday over seniority, jurisdiction and a handful of [Read more...]

Merged Corus-Shaw workers vote to join Media Guild

2017-02-01 // 1 Comment

There’s great news out of Corus Entertainment where a majority of 49 employees in three departments have chosen to join the Canadian Media Guild / CWA Canada. The Canada [Read more...]

Free Expression

2017-01-31 // 7 Comments

Free expression. Source protection. Access to information. All of these are essential to democracy and an open society. [Read more...]

Trade Pacts

2017-01-31 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada, in conjunction with the Trade Justice Network, seeks to highlight the need for a more sustainable, equitable and socially just international trade regime. [Read more...]

Complaints withdrawn in Halifax dispute; talks to resume

2017-01-31 // 0 Comments

The Halifax Typographical Union and The Chronicle Herald have both withdrawn unfair labour practice complaints related to the year-long work stoppage at the newspaper. The [Read more...]

Broadcasting

2017-01-31 // 0 Comments

Radio, television and internet broadcasting is a critical element of Canadian culture and a key player in the country's news industry. [Read more...]

Feds must take ‘urgent’ action on news industry report

2017-01-26 // 0 Comments

OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to take urgent action in response to today’s independent report on [Read more...]

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