At the end of July, there is a gathering of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in Las Vegas, Nevada. CWA is the wider international union of which the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) is a part. This gathering of delegates … Read more »

Our union is sponsoring an event this week in Toronto, and you are welcome to attend. The 2nd Annual Arnold Amber Memorial Lecture, sponsored by CWA Canada – The Media Union, honours Arnold Amber’s accomplishments and contributions as a long … Read more »

Founded in the first part of the last century, the creation and development of CBC/Radio-Canada are feats of national will. The public broadcaster is a collective achievement built out of a shared desire to be informed, to be enlightened, and … Read more »

Yesterday (Monday, May 20), the NewsGuild-CWA’s Sector Election and Referendum Committee (SERC) released a statement concerning the recent election for the position of President of NewsGuild-CWA ( http://newsguild.org/mediaguild3/serc-advisory-on-mailing-processes/ ). That statement included an observation that the Canadian Media Guild, the … Read more »

On this day, we commit to continuing the fight to protect freedom of the press in the face of a growing threat around the globe. We’ve long watched countries such as Saudi Arabia, China, Iran, and Cuba strictly limit what … Read more »

Canadian Media Guild (CMG) members have voted 98% in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement between our union and APTN. The three-year collective agreement between our union and APTN is effective April 25, 2019 and runs until April 24, … Read more »

The Ron Pambrun Scholarship, valued at $2,000 per year, was created by NABET in the 1980s to honour the memory of Ron Pambrun, one of the founding members and builders of NABET in Canada. Until his passing, in 1984, Ron … Read more »

Our Canadian Media Guild (CMG) bargaining team is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with APTN.   The tentative agreement was reached on Friday March 29, 2019, and if ratified, it will come into effect on … Read more »

CMG members at CBC/Radio-Canada ratify new collective agreement  Canadian Media Guild (CMG) members have voted 80% in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement between our union and CBC/Radio-Canada. The  five-year collective agreement between our union and the Corporation is … Read more »

CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, welcomes the measures in today’s federal budget to help the news industry, but worries a possible loophole could let a company like Postmedia funnel millions to its vulture fund debt-holders and to executives. … Read more »