The United Media Guild

The “Holiday Party with an Attitude!”

This Thursday, scores of union members, activists, progressives and people who just like to party will gather at IBEW Local 1 to participate in Jobs with Justice's Annual "Scrooge of the Year" Party. Voting (it's a fundraiser - one dollar...

Happy birthday, Heywood Broun!

Today, in 1888, Heywood Broun was born. Broun was an incredibly interesting person; WWI foreign correspondent, rabble-rousing reporter and columnist who wrote about racism and social injustice and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. In 1930 Broun ran for...

Nominations for 21st Annual Terry Hughes Award

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...

A big WIN for activism

Here is a look back on what our Workers Interfaith Network unit accomplished in Memphis in 2012.

Bill McClellan Hosts First Amendment Celebration

Post-Dispatch columnist and United Media Guild member Bill McClellan will be master of ceremonies for a “First Amendment Celebration” scheduled for Nov. 29 at the Edward Jones building at Manchester Rd. and Interstate 270. The event, staged by the St....

Clearing the air on who is to blame in the Hostess Bakery worker’s strike

The Public Needs to Know The Truth: A Statement from St. Louis Labor Council President Robert Soutier (SAINT LOUIS) The failure of the mediation process imposed by the bankruptcy judge is no surprise. What is surprising is the on-going effort...

Springfield SJ-R Unit Up, Running

Our new unit at the Springfield State Journal-Register elected its first set of officers Saturday. Here is the account from the unit chair, Dean Olsen: We unionized to have a formal voice in preserving quality journalism in the state capital....