UMG honors Tony Messenger, Shawn Anglin and other members at awards dinner
February 8, 2019
The United Media Guild honored some of its top activists and one of its most accomplished journalists Thursday night at its annual Local Meeting and awards dinner. St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger won the Terry Hughes Award for exemplary...
Sinking revenues force more Lee Enterprises cutbacks, draw shareholder scrutiny
February 7, 2019
The good news for Lee Enterprises: The company continues paying down its onerous debt at an accelerated rate. The bad news for Lee: Revenues keep declining, prompting cost-cutting that diminishes journalism content, its core product. The company is also drawing...
UMG to hold Local, then Post-Dispatch unit meeting Dec. 12
November 27, 2018
The United Media Guild will hold a Local Meeting, then a St. Louis Post-Dispatch unit meeting Wednesday, Dec. 12, at its offices in St. Louis 1015 Locust Street, Suite 735. At the Local Meeting at 5:30 p.m., we will seek...
UMG extends voting at the Post-Dispatch
November 15, 2018
Due to the Thursday's snowpocalypse that disrupted the lives of so many of our members, the United Media Guild will extend voting on the company's contract offer to a second day. Voting will begin as originally scheduled at 5 p.m....
UMG reaches tentative agreement at Post-Dispatch
November 9, 2018
The United Media Guild's expedited bargaining with the Post-Dispatch produced a three-year contract proposal. We will vote on this Thursday, Nov. 15, at 5 p.m. in Room 205 at the Post-Dispatch. Here are the basics of the proposal: We Get...
Springfield, Rockford units ratify first contracts with GateHouse
October 20, 2018
Our members at the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Ill, and the Rockford Register Star unanimously ratified first contracts with GateHouse Media in separate votes this week. The Springfield unit voted to join the Guild in 2012 and Rockford followed in...
Retiree Luncheon to be held Nov. 1
October 8, 2018
The United Media Guild will hold its annual retiree luncheon at noon on Thursday, Nov. 1, at Lombardo's Trattoria at 201 South 20th Street in downtown St. Louis. The restaurant is located inside the Drury Inn Union Station and it offers...
Post-Dispatch unit meetings scheduled for Oct. 10
October 3, 2018
United Media Guild unit chair Joe Holleman and other local leaders will be available to meet with Post-Dispatch unit members twice on Oct. 10 to discuss contract bargaining. The meetings will be held at noon and again after work at...