Game workers file to unionize with CWA Canada
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...]
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CFRA staff have first collective agreement!
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
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
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
"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...]
CWA Canada members finalists for CAJ Awards!
Canadian Association of Journalists announces finalists for this year’s top investigative journalism awards [Read more...]
CWA Canada will fight for members at Saltwire
CWA Canada President Carmel Smyth says the union will be monitoring the situation closely after Saltwire Network Inc. announced today that it is seeking creditor protection. [Read more...]
Tentative Deal at the CBC!
The bargaining team at the CBC Branch of our biggest local, the Canadian Media Guild (CWA Canada Local 30213), has announced a tentative agreement with the public [Read more...]
Bell/CTV cuts ‘devastating’ for local journalism
It is another devastating day to be in local broadcasting and journalism. By cutting nearly 4800 jobs across the country, BCE Inc., the parent company of Bell Media, has once [Read more...]
Celebrating Black History Month
By Larry Rousseau, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Labour CongressBorn in Delaware in 1823, Mary Ann Shadd Cary was quickly introduced to activism and resistance. Her [Read more...]
