CFU makes progress in negotiations over Canada Wide Media contract
A couple of months ago, we brought you details of Canada Wide Media’s new freelance contract. The contract raised a number of concerns for writers — concerns that include a lack of specifics regarding kill fees, a lengthy waiting period for submission approval, the lack of specific wording related to e-book rights, and a clause that attempts to […]
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 9:05 am by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: Canada Wide Media, Canadian Freelance Union, freelance contracts, Success stories
Required reading: A look at freelance writers and collective organizing in Canada
Nicole S. Cohen, a PhD candidate in York University’s Communication and Culture graduate program, is working on a large project on historical and contemporary efforts to organize freelance writers. As part of that project, she’s written a paper entitled “Negotiating Writers’ Rights: Freelance Cultural Labour and the Challenge of Organizing,” recently published in Just Labour: […]
Posted on September 8, 2011 at 11:01 am by editor · LEAVE A COMMENT · Tagged with: Canadian Freelance Union, Canadian Media Guild, Canadian Writers Group, freelance contracts, freelance unions, Freelancer rates, Professional Writers Association of Canada
