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CWA Canada protects pensions & contracts amid Saltwire collapse

2024-08-12 // 0 Comments

The collapse of Saltwire Network Inc. has left many CWA Canada members and pensioners deeply concerned about impending cuts and the state of the Halifax Chronicle Herald [Read more...]

Postmedia-Saltwire deal: Media Union CWA Canada will protect members and local journalism

2024-07-27 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada and the Halifax Typographical Union (CWA Canada Local 30130) are working to protect our members and local journalism as Postmedia moves to buy Saltwire’s [Read more...]

Game workers file to unionize with CWA Canada

2024-07-01 // 0 Comments

In one of the first drives of its kind at a video game company, workers at Bethesda Game Studios (BGS) have filed to unionize with media union CWA Canada. The union filed [Read more...]

CFRA staff have first collective agreement!

2024-06-04 // 0 Comments

Staff at News Talk 580 CFRA Radio in Ottawa have ratified their first collective agreement. The 21 members of the Ottawa Newspaper Guild (CWA Canada Local 30205) voted [Read more...]

World Press Freedom Day: May 3, 2024

2024-05-02 // 0 Comments

Remarks by former CBC anchor Heather Bakken: Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects freedom of the press. That’s because Press Freedom [Read more...]

Working For You

2024-05-02 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada’s volunteer leaders from across the country met in Moncton last weekend. The group shared industry trends, and collective bargaining challenges and successes [Read more...]

O’Hanlon Receives Inaugural CWA Canada Award of Excellence

2024-05-01 // 0 Comments

"Martin has devoted over 30 years to the labour movement and the improvement of worker's rights. Martin stands by his beliefs without wavering. He lives and breathes his commitment to the betterment of unionized workers. His dedication is evident in his list of accomplishments. He has also dedicated a lot of time and effort to protect journalists and journalism, locally, nationally, and internationally. He has fought for the news industry in Canada. There is no one more deserving of this award than Martin." - CWA Canada Vice-President Lois Kirkup [Read more...]