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Nominations for UMG Local Officers

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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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Lee Enterprises closes Missoula Independent after it unionizes

Journalists at the Missoula Independent organized with The NewsGuild hoping to save that alternative weekly. But rather than negotiate a first contract with journalists at the Independent, Lee Enterprises decided to shut it down. Last year Matt Gibson sold the...

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GateHouse guts Peoria Journal Star newsroom

GateHouse Media announced the layoffs of five Peoria Journal Star journalists represented by the United Media Guild last week, adding to its massive reduction of that newsroom workforce. The casualties included reporters Chris Kaergard, Thomas Bruch and Aaron Ferguson as...

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Post-Dispatch unit sets priorities for bargaining

The United Media Guild's Post-Dispatch unit held its first meeting to set objectives for our upcoming bargaining for a new contract. Wages, advertising commission/bonus plans, health care, layoff procedure and parking were among the key topics. Our contract expires Sept....

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