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Clearing the air on who is to blame in the Hostess Bakery worker’s strike

The Public Needs to Know The Truth: A Statement from St. Louis Labor Council President Robert Soutier (SAINT LOUIS) The failure of the mediation process imposed by the bankruptcy judge is no surprise. What is surprising is the on-going effort...

Facts about retiree settlement checks

  Please note that your settlement check envelope, which should be arriving any minute, looks EXACTLY like your pension check stub envelope.  DON'T THROW IT AWAY - there's a check inside!   Also, contrary to what we had been told,...

The check is in the mail

Guild retirees should be interested to know that, today, we were informed that Lee is mailing out settlement checks to our 248 retirees who were part of the retiree medical lawsuit.  You should also be aware that all living retirees...

Settlement in retiree medical lawsuit – mailing and meetings to follow

The United Media Guild, TNG-CWA, Local  36047, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, LLC and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, have reached a settlement regarding the Guild’s claim for vested lifetime retiree health care benefits. The parties believe the settlement is a fair one...

Let them eat cake – a protest against corporate greed

Employees of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will gather outside their newspaper at noon on Thursday, April 12, to protest the outrageous bonuses awarded Lee Enterprises CEO Mary Junck (who received $500,000) and CFO Carl Schmidt (who received $250,000).   Noting...

Post-Dispatch Employees Hold Off on Signing “Handbook Acknowledgement”

Post-Dispatch employees hold off on signing or submitting the "Handbook Acknowledgement" until the Guild has a chance to review the changes to the wording.  Our contract does allow the company to establish workplace rules but we can demand to bargain...

Mary Junck gets $500,000 bonus

According to a Lee Enterprises filing with the SEC, CEO Mary Junck has received a $500,000 bonus related to Lee's successful refinancing.  Additionally, Carl Schmidt, vice president, CFO and treasurer, received  a $250,000 bonus. Junck and Schmidt are the fiscal geniuses who way overpaid...