Fairness in Factual TV

Payouts for factual TV workers range from $300 to $8,000+

2022-12-16 // 0 Comments

Fairness in Factual TV campaign volunteers

LISE LAREAU Hundreds of workers in the factual television industry are ending 2022 a little bit richer as a result of a class action that concluded with payouts ranging from [Read more...]

Cineflix workers to get $2.5M in deal negotiated by unions

2022-04-04 // 0 Comments

Factual TV workers Otto Chung and Denise O'Connell

Hundreds of current and former workers at factual TV company Cineflix will share $2.5 million in a deal to settle a class action negotiated by two of Canada’s top media and [Read more...]

Lawsuit deal could see $1M-plus for Cineflix workers, first union contract in factual TV industry

2021-09-28 // 0 Comments

Two of Canada’s top media and entertainment unions are welcoming a proposed settlement of a class action that would see factual TV company Cineflix pay workers at least $1 [Read more...]

Unions seek COVID-19 income support for entertainment industry workers

2020-03-13 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada and its partner unions are urging the federal government to include entertainment industry workers who don’t have access to employment insurance (EI) in [Read more...]

CWA Canada part of global effort by municipalities to tackle precarity

2019-03-04 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada had two representatives at the Decent Work City conference in Seoul, where they shared what the media union is doing to address precarious work and to give freelancers some bargaining clout. [Read more...]

Class-action lawsuit big step toward fairness for factual/reality TV workers

2018-10-09 // 4 Comments

Claim says hundreds hired improperly, denied pay, benefits TORONTO — The Canadian Media Guild / CWA Canada is welcoming a $35-million class action filed by law firm [Read more...]

CMG steps up fight for fairness in factual TV

2018-08-22 // 1 Comment

LISE LAREAU | Canadian Media Guild After five years of working with people in Toronto’s robust factual/reality TV industry, the Canadian Media Guild is taking the campaign [Read more...]