Feds must take action to stop Postmedia destruction of local news
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to take action to block the latest destructive cuts at Postmedia. The [Read more...]
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Windsor Star workers get new contract, fight off Postmedia’s concession demands
Workers at the Windsor Star, who successfully fought off demands for major concessions, have voted to accept a new contract, setting the stage for deals at other Postmedia [Read more...]
National Post newsroom staff lose bid to unionize by one vote
National Post newsroom staff in Toronto and Ottawa have narrowly lost their bid to unionize in order to fend off predations by Postmedia, the newspaper’s owner. CWA Canada [Read more...]
CWA Canada hails Competition Bureau raid of Postmedia-Torstar, says feds should block newspaper swap deals
CWA Canada welcomes a federal investigation into November’s newspaper swap-and-close deal between Postmedia and Torstar, but worries it comes far too late to fix the damage [Read more...]
Third Local responds to Postmedia demands with strong strike vote
Postmedia was hit with a mid-winter blast from a third CWA Canada Local to respond to concessionary demands with a near-unanimous strike vote. More than 100 members of the [Read more...]
Ruling on National Post union not expected until new year
National Post newsroom staff in Toronto and Ottawa are on tenterhooks awaiting a labour board decision that will determine whether they will become members of CWA Canada. A [Read more...]
CWA Canada Locals push back on Postmedia demands
Postmedia’s relentless gutting of its newspapers, which has in some cases turned journalists into janitors at the end of their shifts, is being met with defiance at several [Read more...]
Closure of 36 newspapers ‘dark day for local journalism’
A deal between Postmedia and TorStar to swap a total of 41 daily and weekly newspapers then shut most of them down is a “dark day for local journalism,” says CWA Canada [Read more...]
Postmedia-TorStar deal is ‘deathblow’ to local news coverage, competition
OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, is calling on the federal government to take urgent action to save local news coverage in the wake of the [Read more...]
Board hearing on National Post union vote set for Oct. 11
TORONTO – A majority of newsroom staff at the National Post have voted to join media union CWA Canada, but the final vote result will have to wait until after a hearing is [Read more...]
