The United Media Guild

NLRB charges GateHouse with labor law violations at Rockford Register Star

The National Labor Relations Board has charged GateHouse Media Illinois Holdings Inc. with multiple violations of the National Labor Relations Act for management actions at the Rockford Register Star. The NLRB investigated a complaint filed by the United Media Guild...

UMG mourns the loss of Post-Dispatch columnist

The United Media Guild has lost one of its best and most prominent members. St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bryan Burwell passed away after a short battle with cancer. One story tells you everything you need to know about the kind...

New Media/GateHouse keeps buying and slashing

The vulture capitalists at New Media Investment Group/GateHouse Media are at again. The same folks who built the GateHouse Media empire -- before running it into bankruptcy and blowing through $1 billion in debt -- are building an even bigger...

TNG Sector Conference, CWA Convention Nominations

We will accept nominations for up to (4) delegates for TNG Sector Conference and (2) Nominations for CWA Convention.  This year’s Sector Conference will be held in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. – January 14-18th, 2014 and the CWA Convention will...

New Media Investment Group celebrates gains while journalists suffer

Times are good for New Media Investment Group, parent company of GateHouse Media and the State Journal-Register, Rockford Register Star, Pekin Daily Times, Freeport Journal-Standard and Peoria Journal Star. Times are good for executives like Josh Trust, recently promoted from...

UMG Members take to the streets against GateHouse

GateHouse Media and its parent company, New Media Investment Group, is operating with strong cash flow. the company is paying dividends to shareholders and buying new properties left and right. But it is taking a taking a hard "no raises"...

Medical plan changes at Post-Dispatch result in higher out-of-pocket costs

Health care premiums will remain stable for United Media Guild members at the Post-Dispatch next year. But due to changes in the Lee Enterprises plans for 2015, we could pay appreciably more in out-of-pocket medical costs. Those choosing the high-deductible...