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GateHouse offers to end eternal pay freeze
December 12, 2017
Bargaining between the NewsGuild-CWA and GateHouse Media has resulted in a global agreement for all Guild represented newspapers currently owned by GateHouse. Those newspapers include United Media Guild units at the Peoria Journal Star, State Journal-Register, Pekin Daily Times, Rockford...
Nominations sought for Terry Hughes Award
December 6, 2017
Terry Hughes was 36 when she died of breast cancer on July 22, 1991. A columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, her writing was clear, witty and descriptive, with a flair for portraying society’s underdogs. Some of her columns chronicled...
Los Angeles Times journalists seek to unionize with The NewsGuild-CWA
December 6, 2017
The NewsGuild-CWA is fighting to preserve the craft of journalism and improve working conditions for journalists across North America. Journalists at news organizations large and small have come to TNG-CWA seeking to unionize. Recently the Los Angeles Times newsroom filed...
UMG retirees and alumni gather for their annual luncheon
December 5, 2017
The United Media Guild hosted about 40 retiree members at its annual Retiree/Alumni Luncheon Nov. 28 at Lombardo's in St. Louis. It was great to see former UMG business representative Mary Casey and former UMG office at the event, along...