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It’s tax season! While most of us appreciate that taxes are important for maintaining social goods like our health and education systems, filing taxes can be stressful for freelancers. Faced…

The Canadian Freelance Union stands in solidarity with journalism students at Concordia in their struggle to end unpaid internships. Their decision to join students across Quebec and take a one-week…

Listen to the panel discussion, “Fighting for Decent Work Under Ford”, hosted by the Canadian Freelance Union on November 7, 2018 in Kingston, Ontario. Speakers include: Roxanne Dubois – Strategic…

The perils of the platform economy and freelancing for big sites Upwork, Fiverr, Amazon, YouTube, …. It’s likely that, as a freelancer, at some point you will consider these kinds…

Wednesday November 7th 7pm B201 Mackintosh Corry Hall, Queen’s University Campus Doug Ford is gutting Ontario’s labour laws, even as more of us are facing precarious employment. Join us for…

With so many people wanting flexible work and more control over their hours, as well as the rise in insecure work, it’s only natural that temp agencies would adapt to…

When working freelance, it’s easy to think you are all on your own. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Now more than ever, it is important that freelancers…

We spoke with CFU Executive members about their work lives, their struggles as freelancers, and why they became union members and compiled their responses*. Read on to learn more about…