Truthout hiring P/T copy editor

Truthout hiring P/T copy editor

The following comes from Truthout: Nonprofit, independent journalism organization is looking for a part-time copy editor to edit articles and other content, write headlines, and work with authors and editors to adhere to high editorial standards. The ideal candidate has...

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...

State AFL-CIO Legislative Conference underway

With over 400 delegates attending from the Communication Workers, Electrical Workers, Machinists, Steelworker and Auto Workers, the annual legislative conference got underway Monday morning at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City, MO. Speakers included Mo State AFL-CIO President Hugh...

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...

Important information for homeowners

Informational meetings are scheduled next week (March 26-30) in every Missouri county  for homeowners who: have already been foreclosed on or are in trouble with their current mortgage AND had or have loans with these five lenders (Freddie Mae and...

Pride at Work

The following comes from the national AFL-CIO office.  Any activists interested in attending should apply - there are links to take you to sites to apply for scholarships, if needed.  Of course, since this course deals with LGBT issues on...

Daughter Faults Lee In Father’s Death

By Roy Malone Davenport, Iowa -- It was an emotional scene at the end of the recent annual meeting of Lee Enterprises, the newspaper chain that owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There stood the young and very nervous Erica Douglas telling...