Category / Labour
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Why does a freelancer’s copyright matter?
As a freelancer, why should you protect your copyright? What are moral rights, anyway? How might these issues affect you? We turned to some of the Canadian Media Guild’s resident experts to explain.… -
Chronicle Herald locks out press room workers after failed contract negotiations
Thirteen press operators and mechanics at the Halifax Chronicle Herald were locked out Saturday, the company said in a news release.… -
NPAC president John Lehmann on why volunteer photography is a bad idea
When John Lehmann, president of the News Photographers Association of Canada, heard that a Victoria newspaper was advertising for volunteer photographers, he found the news jaw-dropping.… -
Updated: Bell Media employees ratify final offer in bargaining dispute
Unifor Local 723M recommends rejection of final offer on first new contract since Bell’s 2010 CTV acquisition.… -
Freelancers fighting full copyright claim by non-profit media company
A small group of freelance radio journalists are in a stand-off with a non-profit media company asking for full copyright in a new contract.… -
Cowichan News Leader strike drags on
Black Press says the newspaper may close if a deal is not reached.… -
J-Source’s top 10 journalism stories of 2014
Labour issues dominate our list of the 10 most-read stories about Canadian journalism in 2014.… -
Who’s afraid of an unpaid internship?
Toronto Media Mixer gets media workers talking about their rights.… -
National study sheds light on journalists’ working conditions in the digital age
New study finds that digital technologies are transforming the work of Canadian journalists—and not for the better.… -
Union stages walkout and byline strike over Chronicle Herald layoffs
Dressed in black, members of the Halifax Typographical Union staged a 15-minute walkout outside the Chronicle Herald building to protest recently announced layoffs.…
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