Press Cards for CFU Members
Just a reminder that CFU members may qualify for Press Cards! We have recently updated the information on our services page with information about requirements and the application process’ for…
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Request for Proposals: CFU Website design
The Canadian Freelance Union (CFU) is seeking proposals to redesign and add enhanced features to the organization’s bilingual website and certain related online activities including monthly membership dues processing. The…
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CFU signs Canada to support UN Special Representative for the Safety of Journalists
The CFU executive voted unanimously to sign the letter below, an initiative of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. To learn more about CJFE, you can visit their website here: http://www.cjfe.org/ The…
Read MoreCanadian Freelance Union Condemns the Arrest of Journalist Justin Brake in Newfoundland
Last week, journalist Justin Brake was arrested for covering the protests against the construction of the Muskrat Falls hydro plant in Newfoundland and Labrador. Justin was named in an injunction…
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A Freelance Proud Pride
This year marked the first time that the Canadian Freelance Union (CFU) had an official contingent in the Halifax Pride Parade and members represented their union with fierce pride. The…
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I’ll Tell You What They Want, What They Really, Really Want.
An analysis of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Submissions to the Changing Workplaces Review. On July 27, 2016, the Special Advisors to the Ontario Changing Workplaces Review issued their interim…
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Changes needed for Ontario’s freelancers and independent contractors
The Canadian Freelance Union (CFU) is encouraged to see many options that would improve working conditions for freelance workers and independent contractors included in the interim report of the Changing…
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Media workers share solutions for a sector in crisis
Full-time jobs are disappearing. Freelance work and wages are diminishing. Perhaps it’s time for media workers to put forward solutions to a sector in crisis. A group of freelancers got…
Read MoreReport on Press Access to the Alberta Legislature.
Earlier this year, the Government of Alberta commissioned Heather Boyd to review the policy and procedures around granting press access to the Alberta Legislature Press Gallery. The Canadian Freelance Union…
Read MoreHow do we protect gig workers?
(Leslie) Dyson also envisions the “community chapter” model “being really effective for other people who don’t have any protection, maybe even Uber drivers,” since it combines the organizational strength of…
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