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The Canadian Freelance Union (CFU) is a Canadian
trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
. It was created in 2008 by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), a local that did not have a collective agreement with a single employer.


History

When CEP merged with the
Canadian Auto Workers The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW; formally the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada) was one of Canada's largest and highest profile labour unions. In 2013, it merged with the Communications, Energy and ...
in 2012–2013 to create
Unifor Unifor is a general trade union in Canada and the largest private sector union in Canada. It was founded in 2013 as a merger of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions, and consists of 310,000 workers an ...
, the CFU became one of Unifor's first "community chapters" (a union local for members not in a single location sharing common interests and common work types).


Organization

The CFU has a strong focus on
freelance ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...
media contributors, such as writers and designers, but in 2015 broadened its scope to seek to affiliate freelancers in many fields and among vulnerable workers in Canada engaged in precarious work. The union identifies three key areas of focus: # To take action for better standards for freelancers. # To provide medical plans, arbitration insurance, and other services individuals cannot access on their own. # To combat social isolation by helping members connect with other freelancers.


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External links

* Canadian writers' organizations Trade unions in Canada Unifor {{Canada-trade-union-stub