All posts by Shannon

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Companies that employ union and nonunion workers, work tirelessly to keep the two factions separated.  The last thing they want is everyone hanging out together and their nonunion workers begin to think about organizing ("Hey Boss, how come the union...

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Post-Dispatch members ratify new agreement

By a tally of 78-4, Post-Dispatch members ratified a new three-year agreement which will run through September 30, 2021.  The new agreement calls for 2% wage increases in the first and third years, free parking (which had suddenly become important...

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New Officers Announced

This past Thursday, at noon and 6 pm, a nomination meeting for Local Officers was held at the Guild Office, located at 1015 Locust St.  Members could show up and nominate someone for local office or, if they preferred, they...

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KSDK-TV ratifies new three-year agreement

On September 28, at a noon bargaining unit meeting in conference room two at the KSDK Television Station, KSDK-TV Guild membership unanimously ratified a new three year agreement.  As previously reported, there are few changes in the agreement.  It includes...

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Nominations for UMG Local Officers

Thursday, October 4, United Media Guild, Local 36047 will have two local nomination meetings – at noon and 6:00 p.m. – in the Guild office (1015 Locust St, suite 735) for all Executive Committee officer positions.  The positions are three-year...

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Ratification vote scheduled for Friday at KSDK-TV

  Friday, September 28 at 12:00 noon, there will be a Guild unit meeting in the second floor conference room at the station to discuss – and then vote on – the tentative agreement reached last week between the United...

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Come out on Labor Day and march with our CWA sisters and brothers!

This year CWA is THIRD in line because it's our 80th anniversary of marching in this parade! So it's safe to say that we'll be heading out at 9:00 a.m. sharp!  But you'll need to show up earlier than that...

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Workers Interfaith Network, a small UMG bargaining unit in Memphis, is working with the (CWA) United Campus Workers and they are KILLING it!

An enormous victory for United Campus Workers   UT Knoxville and UT Chattanooga just released public statements opting out of Governor Haslam’s plan to outsource facilities services. United Campus Workers, our small statewide union, took on a billionaire governor and...

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