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Mark your calendars! Bring your family and friends, and join your CMG colleagues on Monday, September 4 at the Labour …
Get into the Ex for free with CMG Monday, Sept. 4 at the Labour Day Parade Read More
CWA Canada and The NewsGuild are hosting an organizing summit in Toronto May 19-21 – Register to attend!
2019: The Fight For Press Freedom Dear fellow CWA Canada members, I hope you had a relaxing holiday season, and …
A New Year’s Message from CWA Canada President Martin O’Hanlon Read More
Claim says hundreds of people were hired improperly, denied pay and labour standards The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) and CWA …
Class Action Lawsuit a Big Step Toward Fairness in Factual and Reality TV Read More
After years of work by labour and community groups, the Ontario government has passed Bill 148, the landmark legislation that …
Ontario’s new labour law: A great step but screen industry needs more Read More
The Canadian Media Guild is urging Ontario Labour Minister Kevin Flynn to conduct a review of the province’s Film and …
CMG launches petition on behalf of factual and reality TV workers Read More
Bit by bit, reality and factual TV shows are disappearing for the upcoming season. It appears to be happening quietly …
Where are all the Canadian reality TV shows going? Read More
This week the Wynne government announced proposed changes to Ontario’s employment and labour laws that would see the minimum wage …
Ontario reforms its labour laws, but keeps many of us on hold Read More
The team leading our union’s campaign to give a collective voice to reality and factual TV workers is beginning to …
Reality/Factual TV workers urged to fill out survey Read More
The signals are good. Early reports indicate that the Ontario government’s Changing Workplaces Review will not be a waste of …
A step toward ending labour law limbo for factual & reality TV workers? Read More
MEDIA MIXER – Toronto, April 25 – Freelancer or employee? Myths, facts, and tips for navigating the media industry
Two special advisers to Ontario’s Minister of Labour are about to release their recommendations on how to address the growing …
The Special Advisors involved in the Ontario government’s major review of labour law will be released ‘in the first half of 2017’. We are hoping the final ‘Changing Workplace Review’ document reflects some of the recommendations CMG put forward on behalf of reality and factual TV workers. The CMG is calling for changes in 3 main areas.
We are keen to share evidence and insights and to have access to other participants’ ideas and proposals in the hope that these consultations will serve to advance and strengthen public broadcasting and all public service media, journalism and original production and creation in Canada, on all platforms Canadians access.
Since we started the Fairness in Factual campaign three years ago, more than 400 workers have signed up to be …
Union putting factual TV worker issues on the public policy map Read More
When we work together, incredible things that seem impossible happen. Together, we will continue to make CMG the innovative and progressive union it is for media workers in Canada.
The Campaign for fairness in factual TV has updated the Guide to working in Canadian factual TV for 2016. The …
By guest blogger Buffy Childerhose “Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you’re wrong.” These …
VICE colleagues in three countries are now forming unions and negotiating collective agreements. This week, VICE employees in the UK …
Protect your creative freedom, protect your job. Join the union. Read More
As digital media and the number of journalists and other media workers employed online grow, so do the concerns about …
A first-of-its-kind independent economic forecast shows regulatory changes espoused by the Harper government and adopted in last year’s CRTC Let’s …
Study shows CRTC changes to cost 15,000 Canadian TV jobs by 2020 Read More
We hear a lot of enthusiasm about having a union at Vice to have a voice and to fix issues …
Will management know I signed a union card? No. The cards are seen by the union and the labour board. …
Everything you wanted to know about forming a union but forgot to ask Read More
Like our editorial colleagues in the New York office, a number of us at VICE Canada from several departments have …
