Fascinating how bosses will often try to frame layoffs as a positive thing. “We’re now a leaner, meaner, hungrier team” as if anyone has ever enjoyed or done their best work while being overworked, stressed, and hangry
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CWA Canada is the country's only all-media union, with 6,000 members coast to coast. Fighting for quality jobs, journalism & press freedom. http://cwacanada.ca
🚨The Canadian government wants to make it easier for companies to keep wages low and harder for workers to push back, by weakening the right to strike and collectively bargain. Not on our watch. Send a message to the government now. share.canadianlabour.ca/s/R20uc55m
Tell the government: Protect our right to strike!
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The right to strike is non-negotiable. We all want strong collective agreements, stable labour relations, and reliable supply chains, and workers are ready to build the infrastructure and industries Canada needs. But you can’t build stability by weakening workers’ bargaining power. buff.ly/dhfoNnh
Bill C-39 could create more labour unrest, union leaders warn | Canadian Labour Congress
OTTAWA — Bill C-39 could make labour disputes longer and harder to resolve, union leaders warned MPs Thursday, undermining the stability the federal government says the legislation is intended to…
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#Palestine🇵🇸: Three years on, Gazan journalists need your solidarity. 🔴 Evacuate journalists in need of medical care 🔴 Justice for crimes against journalists 🔴 Allow journalis independent access into Gaza 🔴 Emergency support for Media Solidarity Centres
Israel is killing journalists in Gaza at an unrelenting pace. Their deaths provide evidence of a disturbing pattern—and make clear the need to see the fullness of their stories. Read Azmat Khan and Aseel Mousa in CJR. www.cjr.org/feature/gaza...
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Israel is killing journalists in Gaza at an unrelenting pace. Their deaths provide evidence of a disturbing pattern—and make clear the need to see the fullness of their stories.
cjr.org
Cancel billionaires before they cancel us: Canada needs a wealth tax to counter the problems caused by extreme wealth inequality @lindamcquaig.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Cancelling billionaires: Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks present the 2026 Rosenbluth Lecture | CCPA
Canada needs a wealth tax to counter the public policy problems caused by the growing wealth of billionaires
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CANADA: World Day for Decent Work: Canada’s unions fighting to protect the right to strike canadianlabour.ca/world-day-fo...
World Day for Decent Work: Canada’s unions fighting to protect the right to strike | Canadian Labour Congress
As workers around the world mark the World Day for Decent Work on October 7, Canada’s unions are sounding the alarm over the federal government’s proposed restrictions on the right to strike. Canada’s...
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Nice to see our American CWA sisters & brothers fighting for free speech!
Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · last wk.Trump has been threatening free speech with surveillance programs aimed at intimidating people his administration doesn't like. As of yesterday the lawsuit three labor unions filed against the Departments of State & Homeland Security for this is moving forward. www.eff.org/press/releas...
Turkish authorities have weaponized the country’s disinformation law to stifle independent reporting by repeatedly detaining and arresting journalists on charges of spreading false information based on the vague tenets of this poorly conceived legislation. Read more ⬇️ cpj.org/2026/10/insi...
Inside Turkey’s Lawfare: How Turkey uses its disinformation law against journalists - Committee to Protect Journalists
Istanbul, October 5, 2026—Turkish authorities have weaponized the country’s disinformation law to stifle independent reporting by repeatedly detaining and arresting journalists on charges of spreading...
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#Turkey: EFJ, @ifjglobal.bsky.social and @tgs.org.tr call on X to stop blocking journalists' and media accounts without a court order. In September, 1,270 accounts were blocked in Turkey. Only 115 had a court decision. Blocking these accounts means blocking the public's right to know.
Turkey: X must stop blocking journalists’ accounts
Access-blocking orders are increasingly being used in Türkiye as a tool to restrict freedom of expression and press freedom. In recent weeks, not only ...
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Read this important new report from the Casa del Obrero Socialista Antonio Vital (COSAV) and the Steelworkers Humanity Fund - Mexican union activists facing violence require protection usw.ca/resources/re... #canlab #CUSMA #cdnpoli @uswmetallos.bsky.social
Report: Mexican union activists facing violence require protection - USW Canada
The invisibility of trade unionism in the human rights agenda: Towards a reform of Mexico’s human rights protection mechanisms to include trade unionists and labour activists This report analyzes case...
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Support public-interest journalism through brief pro bono legal consultations with Lawyers for Reporters Canada. Email us now to join the network! For more information, please consult our page on the CAJ’s website: https://caj.ca/lawyers-for-reporters-canada/
📣 #IFJ in the news is out! Thank you for your trust! ✊🏿 #UnionStrong #StrongerTogether #pressfreedom
IFJ in the news / IFJ
Every week the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is compiling a list of the top news articles from across the world in which it is mentioned. Check all the international media coverage of ...
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Sad to see the end of the print era in Northern Ontario, and the loss of 11 jobs in North Bay. We salute our members for their dedication to the local community, keeping the presses running and distributing the paper every day.
Postmedia to stop printing northern Ontario newspapers, focus on digital-only news | CBC News
Postmedia says it will stop publishing print editions of six northern Ontario newspapers at the end of October.
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Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of repression in Southeast Asia. n.pr/4jAdpy3
Pro-democracy activists increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian governments in Southeast Asia
Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a "swap market" of repression in Southeast Asia.
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National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: a personal reflection from CWA Canada President Carmel Smyth
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: a personal reflection from CWA Canada President Carmel Smyth
I want to share our appreciation to all the Metis, Dene and Indigenous families and friends we grew up with in Uranium City. We sat beside you in school, played on the playground, at the rink and o…
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Reconciliation is a shared responsibility, and the labour movement has a role to play. This #NDTR, we’re highlighting 3 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action that workers and unions can help advance. Learn more: canadianlabour.ca/indigenous-r...
Today, we mark National Day for Truth & Reconciliation to recognize the multi-generational effects of the Indian residential school system. We encourage all members to wear orange today, and to attend events to listen, learn, and reconcile.
List of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation activities - Canada.ca
Browse the list of funded projects taking place throughout the month of September and/or on September 30th to listen, learn and reflect on the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system.
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Tomorrow is National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. Check out these events in your area …
List of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation activities - Canada.ca
Browse the list of funded projects taking place throughout the month of September and/or on September 30th to listen, learn and reflect on the history and legacy of Canada’s residential school system.
canada.ca
Calling all freelancers! Register for the Canadian Freelance Guild’s Sept. 30 panel - a practical look at the contract terms freelancers most often overlook or misunderstand, and what can happen when those clauses become important later.
Canadian Freelance Guild - CFG Experts Panel - Contract Clauses Freelancers Regret Ignoring
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COLOMBIA: At least 16 social, trade union or political activists killed in Colombia since Abelardo de la Espriella sworn-in as president in August pbicanada.org/2026/09/23/a...
At least 16 social, trade union or political activists killed in Colombia since Abelardo de la Espriella sworn-in as president in August | Peace Brigades International-Canada
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“National interest” cannot become a catch-all excuse to override workers’ bargaining power whenever a lawful strike has economic consequences. That pressure is precisely what strikes are meant to create. theconversation.com/canadas-prop... #cdnpoli #canlab
Canada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputes
Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.
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CANADA / FRANCE: “Amazon hates my union activity”: How the internet giant tries to suppress every form of collective action by its workers progressive.international/wire/2026-09...
“Amazon hates my union activity”: How the internet giant tries to suppress every form of collective action by its workers
Amazon’s systematic anti-union tactics are designed to suppress worker organizing and protect its algorithm-driven, efficiency-obsessed labor model.
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#Climate🌎: @globalfreemedia.bsky.social demands stronger protections for environmental journalists. The climate crisis is one of the most pressing stories of our time, and journalists need safety guarantees in order to report accurately on the facts and their associated impacts.
UN Special Rapporteur: IPI submission highlights threats facing environmental journalists – ipi.media
IPI, through its Africa programme, has submitted input for the upcoming thematic report of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environmen...
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