media industry

Union hails expanded access to COVID-19 emergency benefit for media workers

2020-04-15 // 1 Comment

CWA Canada is hailing today’s announcement that the emergency benefit program will now be extended to many precarious workers in the media industry. Martin O’Hanlon, [Read more...]

BuzzFeed Canada staff file to unionize

2019-02-12 // 4 Comments

TORONTO – Canadian staff at digital media company BuzzFeed have officially filed for union certification. The Canadian Media Guild (CMG), media union CWA Canada’s biggest [Read more...]

Media union applauds feds’ tough talk on protecting Canadian media, cultural industries

2018-09-05 // 0 Comments

OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, welcomes the federal government’s promise to stand firm on protecting Canada’s cultural industries, [Read more...]

Report on ailing media industry proposes new funding model

2017-06-15 // 0 Comments

A parliamentary report released today offers 20 recommendations to help the ailing media industry get through a period of major upheaval. A key proposal is the creation of a [Read more...]