Ottawa Newspaper Guild

Ottawa radio station CFRA workers file to unionize with CWA Canada

2023-06-16 // 0 Comments

Beleaguered staff at an Ottawa radio station owned by Bell Media have signed union cards with CWA Canada, which filed for certification today with the federal labour board. [Read more...]

Locals’ campaigns emphasize importance of journalists, local news

2020-07-11 // 0 Comments

Two CWA Canada Locals had a message they needed to get out to their communities struggling with a public health crisis so they turned to advertising to do just that. [Read more...]

Montreal Guild prepares for showdown at Gazette with Postmedia

2018-09-20 // 0 Comments

Members of the Montreal Newspaper Guild (MNG) are steeling themselves to withstand any intimidation Postmedia might be planning as bargaining at The Gazette resumes. The [Read more...]

Vote in favour of deal averts lockout in Ottawa

2018-09-12 // 0 Comments

Members of the Ottawa Newspaper Guild (ONG) have voted 32-24 in favour of an offer from Postmedia. The result averts a lockout in Ottawa and an imminent strike in Montreal. [Read more...]

Postmedia’s lockout deadline extended as vote begins in Ottawa

2018-09-09 // 1 Comment

Members of the Ottawa Newspaper Guild began voting Sunday under threat of a mid-week lockout if they reject the “lousy deal” offered by Postmedia. The company extended [Read more...]

Postmedia threatens lockout on eve of Ottawa vote; could trigger strike in Montreal

2018-09-06 // 0 Comments

CWA Canada members in Ottawa and Montreal could be on picket lines as early as Monday if Postmedia locks out workers in the nation’s capital. A lockout at the Ottawa [Read more...]

Ottawa union bargaining results may reverberate across Postmedia

2018-08-24 // 0 Comments

Montreal Newspaper Guild co-ordinating with Ottawa Newspaper Guild; potential for labour action at both newsrooms at the same time. H.G. WATSON | J-Source [~] Debbie Cole has [Read more...]

Bargaining at Postmedia newspapers awaits outcome of Ottawa vote

2018-08-21 // 0 Comments

Postmedia’s insistence on wringing more concessions from beleaguered staff has put bargaining at other papers on hold as they await the outcome of a vote in Ottawa on Sept. [Read more...]

Ottawa Citizen, Sun staff vote yes to possible strike action

2017-06-07 // 2 Comments

The Ottawa Newspaper Guild will head into conciliation talks with Postmedia on June 20 armed with a strong strike mandate. Members of the ONG, who work at The Ottawa Citizen [Read more...]

Scythe-wielding Postmedia ends talks at Ottawa Citizen, seeks conciliation

2017-04-21 // 2 Comments

Postmedia abruptly ended three days of bargaining Thursday with the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, saying it would seek conciliation because talks were going nowhere. ONG President [Read more...]