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Memo: Toronto Star announces more newsroom changes

The following memo was sent to Toronto Star staff on Nov. 18, 2016 from Michael Cooke, editor, and Irene Gentle, managing editor. Colleagues, I am very happy to announce some further changes…
Anti-TPP day of action highlights threat to journalism

It’s part of a massive campaign against the TPP in North America, led north of the border by CWA Canada.
How much do newspaper reporters earn in 2016?

The average employment income of a journalist in Canada was $46,621, according to Statistics Canada’s 2011 census.
More questions than answers for Now Magazine staff locked in labour dispute

Process has been “frustrating” says unit chair Jonathan Goldsbie.
Six months on the Chronicle Herald picket line

This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Mary Ellen MacIntyre There is no music in snow-laden boots stomping on the tiled floors at picket headquarters. Out on the line, winter…
CWA Canada adopts Canada’s first guidelines on media internships

By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor CWA Canada’s National Representative Council unanimously adopted Canada’s first guidelines on educational media internships at the union’s annual meeting in Calgary from April 29-30 to…
Freelancers helped invent digital communications tools to build online networks

By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor Before the Internet and World Wide Web became fully commercialized in the mid-1990s, freelance writers and photographers began using computer networks as organizing tools as…
Vice Canada not impacted by U.S., U.K layoffs

15 layoffs reported at Vice’s U.S. office as company restructures.
Union files with labour board to represent Vice Canada workers

“We have a very strong majority of staff in the editorial and several other departments:” CMG president.
Interning at unionized media companies pays—literally

What are unions doing to ensure that students get this vital experience and also get paid?